DESCRIPTION A shorter, compact variety that is full and vigorous in the landscape, with upright stems that resist flopping. One of the earliest to bloom, with midsummer lavender-blue flowers and smoky purple calyxes that hold well into fall. Finely textured aromatic foliage is a complementary soft gray-green. Great in mass plantings or as a single accent. Deciduous.
LIGHT Full sun
WATERING Once established water during dry spells.
BLOOMS Midsummer to fall
MATURE SIZE Moderate growing; reaches 2 to 3 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide.