Salvia Indigo Spires Sun to Light Shade Ampelaster (Aster) carolinianus is pollinated

Ampelaster (Aster) carolinianus is pollinated by native bees and butterflies

open shade and do not thrive well in either part of full sun conditions

The 1996 Hosta of the Year is considered one of the classics

From a modest beginning

Average to moist soils seems to give the best garden performance in our trials

Salvia Indigo Spires Sun to Light Shade Ampelaster (Aster) carolinianus is pollinatedSalvia 'Indigo Spires' is a 1979 introduction from California's Huntington Botanical Garden. Selected by California horticulturist, John MacGregor, Salvia 'Indigo Spires' arose as a cross of Salvia farinacea x Salvia longispicata. Salvia 'Indigo Spires' forms an upright 3' tall clump, topped with arching spikes of dark blue purple flowers throughout summer and until frost. The unusual, twisting flower spikes create a form of their own in the garden.