| Description | A tender bush Salvia grown as an annual in colder zones. |
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| Pronunciation | (SAL-vee-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, drought tolerant once established |
| Soil & Site | average, must be well drained |
| Flowers | calyx is purple to violet and wooly, corolla is white and wooly, borne on a long stalk extending above the foliage, florets found in whorls around the stalk |
| Leaves | grayish green leaves with white hairy underside |
| Dimensions | under favorable conditions an reach 4 feet, but usually much smaller |
| Maintenance | dead heading |
| Native Site | Mexico and tropical Central America |
| Misc Facts | Leucantha means white flower. |
| Notes & Reference | #87-The New Book of Salvias (Betsy Clebsch), #147-The Gardeners Guide to growing Salvias (John Sutton), #223- The Plant Lovers Guide to Salvias (John Whittlesey) |
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