Summer Perovskia Blue Steel

Blue Steel is a compact variety, so you can pop it into your favorite patio container and move it around the landscape to show it off all year. Reaching just 18 to 36 inches high and 14 to 28 inches wide, it forms a very densely branched, rounded, bushy plant with upraised stems showing off all that lavender-blue color from midsummer through early fall. The foliage is a dusty shade of sage green on silvery stems and is fragrant all season.

Russian sage (Perovskia) used to be called the lavender of the South for its color, scent, and tolerance of heat and drought.