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I'm starting to see a few purple blooming sages in this area like the ones I saw yesterday on the way to Tough Nut Mine

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08434-salvia-800px.jpg It's hard to resist touching (carefully) the hard spines of a barrel cactus once in a whileThumbnailsNaked buckwheat (eriogonum nudum) is fairly common around hereIt's hard to resist touching (carefully) the hard spines of a barrel cactus once in a whileThumbnailsNaked buckwheat (eriogonum nudum) is fairly common around hereIt's hard to resist touching (carefully) the hard spines of a barrel cactus once in a whileThumbnailsNaked buckwheat (eriogonum nudum) is fairly common around hereIt's hard to resist touching (carefully) the hard spines of a barrel cactus once in a whileThumbnailsNaked buckwheat (eriogonum nudum) is fairly common around hereIt's hard to resist touching (carefully) the hard spines of a barrel cactus once in a whileThumbnailsNaked buckwheat (eriogonum nudum) is fairly common around here

This is probably salvia dorrii and I'd love to have it in my garden. The scent of this plant is amazing!