Russian Sage is a attractive perennial that grows about 4 feet tall and extensive. In late summertime, the gray stems of this botanical Cossack seem to explode overnight with small lavender bouquets.
I’m not a massive admirer of all factors Russian. I really do not like vodka, borscht or caviar, and I once injured myself trying — under the impact of vodka — that extremely hard Russian Cossack dance wherever a person squats and rapidly extends very first 1 leg and then the other. Entire body sections snapped that I rarely realized existed. A gradual Cajun two-action is a lot more my fashion.
Potentially I’m portray with far too wide a brush, nevertheless. Russians strike me as pleasant, generous and hardworking people. And I admire their toughness. Russian winters need it.
And it is worth noting, plant enthusiasts, that the Russian motherland is home to numerous neat plant species. I dearly like Perovskia, aka Russian Sage. It’s a attractive perennial, grows about 4 feet tall and huge, and addresses its extensive, graceful stems with tiny, grayish foliage. Its foliage boldly stands out in the yard. In late summertime, the grey stems of this botanical Cossack look to explode right away with little lavender bouquets. Crush them and a robust scent of sage is unveiled.
Perovskia is a very seriously rough and handsome perennial. To endure the harsh setting of its indigenous variety, the Ural Mountains of southern Russia and sections of Afghanistan and Tibet, it has, in excess of eons of time, acquired the structure of a yak. For that reason, Oklahoma climate is no deal-breaker for this late summer flowering perennial.
Plant Perovskia in the best, sunniest aspect of the backyard garden. Early drop is an great time to plant it. And to reduce it from getting to be leggy and sprawling, slice it again to the ground each and every spring ahead of new expansion commences. In mid-May well, I prune new development back by one particular-fifty percent. This generates much more stems and doubles the quantity of bouquets later in the summertime. Soggy, poorly drained soil is about the only issue this Russian elegance just cannot tolerate.