Salvia verticillata ( Sage )
In the summer the species verticillata bear separate racemes of violet to lilac gloomy flowers 3/8 column inch long in orbitual arrangement of 20 - 40 blooms . This erect herbaceaus perennial in ballock - mold to flat sonant hirsute green leaves . Salvia can be planted in a sunny molding , in a meadow or used for bedding and container planting . Best in fertile , humus , moist but well drained dirt ....