Celestial Blue Salvia
by Joe Schofield
Title
Celestial Blue Salvia
Artist
Joe Schofield
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Description
Salvia 'Celestial Blue' (also known as celestial blue sage or Las Pilitas sage), is a hybrid cross between Salvia clevelandii (Cleveland sage or chaparral sage) and S. pachyphylla (Rose's sage or mountain desert sage), and possibly involving Salvia 'Pozo Blue' which is itself a cross between S. clevelandii and S. leucophylla (purple sage). It is native to California.
The foliage smells of musk, and the large, pale violet to periwinkle blue flowers are attractive to bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies. An extremely drought- and heat-tolerant plant, introduced by Las Pilitas, a Californian native plant nursery, in 1999. It is cultivated in gardens and public landscapes.
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June 24th, 2012
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Gary F Richards
Lovely Celestial Blue Salvia composition, lighting, shading, beautiful blue colors and artwork! F/L voted
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archives discussion in the Camera Art Group.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Joe, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Sam Persons
Fabulous work. Love everything about this shot..the black background makes the vibrant periwinkle blue really pop, the angle of the flower..really nice. LF
Dawn De Vos
Stunning brilliant colors with beautiful detail . . . only one of many in your awesome portfolio.
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