Lepechinia hastata Crete Lady slipper orchids are woodland

Lady slipper orchids are woodland plants

western Yunnan

Each 16" wide clump is topped in midsummer with light lavender flowers on 30" tall scapes

And the process of cutting it back takes only a few minutes at most per plant

each surrounded by a 1/2" wide green margin

Lepechinia hastata Crete Lady slipper orchids are woodlandIf it looks like a salvia, flowers like a salvia, and even smells like a salvia it must be Lepechinia hastata. This salvia relative is native to Baja California, Mexico but is amazingly winter hardy in NC. The large, deliciously scented, spade like, felty green leaves adorn the stalk that grows upright. In late summer it tops out at 4'+ with see through flower spikes, composed of red lavender lipstick like flowers a hummingbird treat. Lepechinia