Blue is an extremely cool and deep color, and adding a little purple adds a touch of brilliance to the base, do you want to add a few gorgeous and cool flowers to your garden this summer? Let's take a look at sage 'Dazzling Blue' and 'Big Dazzling Blue'!
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-Sage-
Sage is a sage family of labial plants, plants usually with slender inflorescences, flowers are diverse, from blue, red to white, yellow, etc. are very rich, elegant and beautiful, sage has many different categories, sage 'dazzling blue' and 'big dazzling blue' is one of the excellent varieties.
-Sage Big Blue-
Adult stock height: 46-61cm
Adult crown width: 30-46 cm
Since its debut in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao-Shenzhen Flower Fair in 2022, sage 'Big Dazzling Blue' has won unanimous praise from the judges, won the first prize of the new excellent variety, and has become the focus of attention in the flower show, and has also been widely praised by flower friendly!
-Plant Characteristics-
● The leaves are dark green, and the flowers are dreamy and deep blue-purple, and the color is extremely full.
● The flower spikes are slender, and the length of the flower spikes of the adult plants can reach 20-30 cm! Better viewing!
● The plant is strong and naturally compact, grows fast and has good branchability, and it takes only one to one and a half months from the upper pot to the full pot.
● With strong heat resistance, the main player in the summer garden is very suitable for potted plants or flower fields from late spring to summer.
● Interspecific hybridization, good resistance and low maintenance, almost no pests and diseases, strong adaptability to the soil, extreme heat resistance and waterlogging resistance, extensive management can also grow vigorously, in the south of the Yangtze River Basin can be normal wintering, has super expressiveness!
● Flowers have a faint sweet smell, which is very easy to attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies.
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-Sage Dazzling Blue-
Adult stock: 30-46cm
Adult crown width: 30-46 cm
'Dazzling Blue' is more compact and exquisite than 'Big Dazzling Blue', the plant type will be 25%-35% smaller, more flexible in small space applications, but it is also comparable to the big dazzling blue in the characteristics of the plant, which is a grass flower with the same strong characteristics!
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-Garden Applications-
If you want to apply a better sage planting effect in the garden, you can refer to the following garden applications!
1. Apply as marginal plants
Sage inflorescences are slender and verdant, and the blue-purple flowers are extremely dreamy and refreshing on the dark green leaves, which is an excellent decorative plant on the edges of the path.
Not only trails, but also other edges in the garden, the application of sage is still applicable. You can also plant sage grass on the edge of the sunny wall to create a small flower bed at the edge, where the blue-purple slender inflorescence thrives and will be a great decoration for the original monotonous wall edge!
2. Applied as a floral plant
Sage flowers and leaves are full of leaves, you can choose a single variety for group planting, the flowers and leaves will create a gorgeous sea of sage flowers for you, in the breeze to send layers of blue-purple flowers.
In addition to monoculture cultivation, it can also be paired with other garden plants to create stunning floral works in the garden.
3. Mix light and shade
In the color collocation of plants, the blue-purple sage color is relatively dark, can be matched with plants with relatively light colors, the color of a bright and dark will highlight each other's characteristics, the deep flower color will be more profound, the warm color will become more enthusiastic!
4. Carry out pot planting
Sage 'Dazzling Blue' and 'Big Bright Blue' are also well-branched, compact and upright varieties, so not only can they create amazing beauty in the garden, but also the potted plants are also very verdant, and the blue-purple inflorescence forms a layer of blue-purple flower mist above the pots, which is charming and messy!
5. Cut flower application
The inflorescences of sage 'dazzling blue' and 'big dazzling blue' are slender, full of color and strong branching, which are very suitable for cutting flowers, and a bunch of them can harvest a full bouquet of cut flowers, and the amount of flowers is rich!
6. Grown as a natural aromatherapy
Sage is also a spice that can be found in many perfumes and essential oils. It can also be grown as a natural aromatherapy in home gardening, natural and refreshing!
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How to grow
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◆ Illumination: The plant loves the sun and needs to be maintained by full sunshine.
◆ Moisture: drought-resistant, avoid standing water, wet between drying, dry and wet between the soil surface, a few centimeters below the soil surface is relatively dry, and the potting soil can be watered when it is significantly lighter.
◆ Fertilizer: you can use the general fertilizer of Huabide appropriately, spray it with water according to the recommended proportion of packaging, and the frequency of use can be in accordance with the fertilizer circulation ratio of two times of fertilizer water twice or three times of fertilizer water and three times of clear water.
◆ Soil: General soil can be cultivated, with good drainage, loose and breathable soil as well, such as flowers must get a general-purpose cultivation substrate.
◆ Temperature: good heat resistance, summer growth state is still vigorous.
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This summer, plant some sage 'dazzling blue' and 'big dazzling blue' in the garden, I believe that the gorgeous and profound flowers will bring you amazing and calm beauty!