Salvia, Caradonna

Salvia nemerosa, commonly known as woodland sage, violet sage or salvia, is an erect, many-branched, woody-based, clump-forming perennial that typically grows 1.5-3′ tall and to 2′ wide.
It is native to Europe and west-central Asia.
Lavender to violet blue flowers (0.5” long) subtended by tiny reddish-purple bracts bloom in dense, terminal, upright, spike-like racemes rising well above the foliage from late spring to early summer, with sporadic reblooming through the rest of summer and into early fall.
Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies.
Notched, wrinkled, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, medium green to gray-green leaves (to 4” long) are aromatic when bruised.  #1 gallon