Purple Rain Texas Sage

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Heat-, Cold-, and Drought-Tolerant Blooming Sage The Purple Rain Texas Sage is like a gift that keeps on giving. With long bloom times and little maintenance, this shrub gives you endless beauty, even in harsher growing conditions.  Native to the Southwestern United States, the Purple Rain Texas Sage is a dense evergreen shrub. Its branches naturally grow in a compact form and bloom prolifically with delicate purple flowers from spring through fall months. These blossoms also provide sweet fragrance to attract all your favorite pollinators.  Whether you’re looking for a garden hedge, privacy screen, centerpiece or potted plant, the Purple Rain Texas Sage can do it all. It thrives even in poor soil conditions and is drought tolerant as well as heat and cold resistant. That means no more worrying if your plant is going to survive the elements. From farmhouse to eclectic, cottage, or Zen landscaping styles, the Purple Rain Texas Sage will fit right in. You can choose to plant it with other purple-flowering plants like the Lavender Rhododendron Shrub and the Mexican Petunia, or pair it with contrasting red and pink flowers like the Petite Knock Out Rose and the First Lady Hollywood Hibiscus.  Get your hardy Purple Rain Texas Sage for carefree color, fragrance, and months of blooms. Order today! Planting & Care 1. Planting: Plant your Purple Rain Texas Sage in a location with full sun or a minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight each day. Once you’ve found your location, dig a hole that is 2-3 times the width of the container the plant was shipped in and around the same depth. Remove the container and loosen the roots gently with your fingers. Then place the plant in the hole and backfill the dirt. If you’re planting in a container, choose a container (with drainage holes) that is 2-3 inches larger than the container that it was shipped in. Place a layer of soil in the bottom of the container and then follow the in-ground planting directions above. Place the plant in an area that receives 6 hours of sun per day. 2. Watering: Immediately after planting your Purple Rain Texas Sage, water deeply. Continue watering as needed until the plant is well established (but allow the soil to dry out between waterings). Once established, you may only water when the soil becomes dry more than 2 inches down. 3. Pruning: Prune in late winter before the shrub starts to flower. Using a hand cutter, trim less than a third of the top growth. The spikier the plant, the more flowers it will produce.  4. Fertilizing: Do not fertilize after planting; this plant prefers poor-quality soil.

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