Russian Sage - Live Plant — photo: Rationalobserver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Russian Sage - Live Plant — photo: Rationalobserver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Russian Sage - Live Plant

Zones 4a–9bLive Plant
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Airy silver-blue spires that shrug off heat and drought - a pollinator favorite that blooms for months.
Russian Sage - Live Plant

Size: Quart Pot
Quantity
Russian Sage - Live Plant — photo: Rationalobserver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Russian Sage - Live Plant

$11.00 $8.00
Russian Sage - Live Plant — photo: Rationalobserver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Russian Sage - Live Plant

$11.00 $8.00
Size: Quart Pot
Description

Russian Sage (Perovskia) is a tough, aromatic perennial with clouds of lavender-blue bloom from summer into fall. Deer-proof and heat-loving. Nursery-grown by Wade Greens and sold grower-direct - compare our price to Home Depot & Lowe's. Offered in Quart Pot and 1-Gallon Pot.

Specifications
  • Mature size: 2-4 ft
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Hardiness USDA 4-9
  • Pet safety: Non-toxic
  • Sourcing: Grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama - sold grower-direct.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun
  • Water: Low once established
  • Soil: Well-draining soil
  • Feeding: Light feed in spring
Growing Zone

Hardy in zones 4a–9b. Outside that range it can still be grown in a container and overwintered indoors.

Full colour is zones 4a–9b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
2-4 ft.

How much light?
Full sun.

Is it safe for pets?
Non-toxic.

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy from our Alabama farm.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Low

Water to establish, then only through a real dry spell. Too much water kills these faster than too little.

Mature Size

1-3 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Border & Bed

Traits

  • Attracts PollinatorsOpen, shallow flowers with nectar a generalist bee can reach. These are the visitors that set fruit on everything else in the garden.
  • Deer ResistantDeer feed by scent first. Aromatic oils, fuzzy leaves and milky sap all read as "not food," so this gets browsed last — though a hungry herd in late winter will test anything.
  • FragrantVolatile oils released by warmth. Scent peaks in afternoon heat or at dusk depending on which pollinator the flower is built for.
  • Drought TolerantDeep or fleshy roots and less leaf surface let it ride out a dry spell once established. Established means a full season in the ground — year one it still needs water.
  • Pet SafeNo compound known to be toxic to cats or dogs. Any plant eaten in volume can upset a stomach — this means no known toxin, not a licence to graze.

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