* What it is: Salvia ‘Black and Bloom’ gets my vote as the No. 1 plant for attracting hummingbirds. This tender perennial (grown as an annual in central Pennsylvania) has tubular, cobalt-blue flowers ...

‘Black and Blue’ salvia has captured the garden world with its blossoms in a most rare shade of blue, causing all visitors to become fixated with their beauty – especially those who have traveled the ...

Jennifer Lazewski is the executive director of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology and a Master Gardener who has planted flowers in the garden of her Wauwatosa home to attract bees, butterflies and ...

Glancing around my garden, I can't help but notice that some of my best looking plants this month are salvias. Some are annuals, some are perennials, but all have attractive foliage and pretty flowers ...

When gardeners hear the world salvia, it can bring any number of plants to mind — the old-fashioned, red-spiked annual Salvia splendens, or a blue- or purple-flowering form, or maybe the herb you add ...

Plant sales offer such enticing choices. Recently, I went with a friend to the Midlands Plant Sale at the Columbia Farmer’s Market. Miles of plants were available. There were so many plants in one ...

Salvias are a favorite of gardeners thanks to their long bloom time and easygoing nature. These perennials are often seen in their classic blue-purple hues (a preferred color of pollinators!), but you ...