Salvia leucantha Ferpink PP 21734 Rock Garden Plants who found this on her

who found this on her property and realized it was much better than the Lespedeza thunbergii 'Albiflora' of the trade (earlier flowering and no color reversions)

all of our plants resprouted during their annual late spring flush

creating a nice foil for the scapes of pale yellow flowers

The brown hairy stalks are clothed with giant 3-5' wide

although it's certainly tolerant of short term drought

Salvia leucantha Ferpink PP 21734 Rock Garden Plants who found this on her(aka: Salvia 'Danielle's Dream', 'Pink Velour') Salvia 'Ferpink' is a color breakthrough in the popular Mexican Salvia leucantha. Salvia leucantha 'Ferpink', however, comes to us from the garden of South Africa's Ian Smith, who discovered Salvia 'Ferpink' as a seedling in his garden. For us, Salvia leucantha 'Ferpink' makes a 3' tall x 6' wide clump in one season topped, starting in late September (NC), with terminal flower spikes composed of silver