Salvia farinacea sp. (Mealy Blue Sage) High water use Birds eat the seeds

Birds eat the seeds

followed by lovely yellow fruit that often persists into the winter and is quite ornamental

Its preference is for full to partial sun

now extinct  Questionable presence (cross-hatched

Prairie Onion is easy to grow in average garden conditions

Salvia farinacea sp. (Mealy Blue Sage) High water use Birds eat the seedsAlso know as Mealycup Sage or Mealy Sage. Despite its delicate look, this Texas native perennial can handle our extreme weather. If trimmed periodically, it comes back refreshed and thicker and reblooms. It is drought, heat, and sun tolerant, and about the only thing it cannot handle is wet feet. Mealy Blue Sage makes an excellent plant for perennial gardens and mass planting, with blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. AT A GLANCE