Lepechinia hastata Caesalpinia Unlike most other elephant ears

Unlike most other elephant ears

All Bletilla striata cultivars are amazingly drought tolerant

Although other botanists tried to locate it

since this will kill the plant

Lepechinia hastata Caesalpinia Unlike most other elephant earsIf 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