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Blue Hill
Salvia × sylvestris 'Blauhügel'
Blue Hill blooms from May through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Blue Hill
Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 18 in tall and 16 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (checked).
No toxicity note is on file for Blue Hill. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Fifteen fields were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it, with every unsettled point written down and decided: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, soil, diseases, pests, toxicity, the plant's own names, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Blue Hill
Plant Blue Hill in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from May to August.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Blue Hill get?
18 intall5 ft 7 inan adult16 inwideSee Blue Hill in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Blue Hill
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Blue Hill about 16 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Blue Hill to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Blue Hill's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 8 published sources on August 16, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Perennials.com (Heritage Perennials)Heritage Perennials (Valleybrook)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- bluestoneperennials.comBluestone Perennialsheight, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- High Country Gardensheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and soil
- Chicago Botanic Gardenhardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxsun, years to mature size, soil, diseases and pests
- pw.waltersgardens.comWalters Gardens Perennial Resourceheight, spread, hardiness zones, water and pests
- ASPCAtoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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