This is a perfect plant for your pollinator garden. "Little Spire' is low-maintenance, drought tolerant, and is deer and rabbit resistant. "Little Spire' is low-maintenance, drought tolerant, and is deer and rabbit resistant. It is fragrant, loves full sun, and will grow in very poor soils, including clay. Russian sage, also known as perovskia atriplicifolia, is a popular landscape plant that is neither from Russia, nor is it a sage. This is a perfect plant for your pollinator garden. Russian Sage "Little Spire' is low-maintenance, drought tolerant, and is deer and rabbit resistant. At the same time, it is popular with all sorts of pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and hover flies. It is fragrant, loves full sun, and will grow in very poor soils, including clay. The leaves are a grayish green-silver, and the plant is hardy to nearly -40 degrees F (or C). Bloom TimeSummer to Fall Deciduous/ EvergreenDeciduous Flower AttributeFlowers for Cutting, Fragrant, Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers Flower ColorBlue Foliage ColorGray-green Garden StyleCottage, Mediterranean, Rustic, Xeric Growth HabitBushy Growth RateModerate Landscape UseBorder, Container, Firescaping/Firewise, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Cutting Garden, Hillside Light NeedsFull sun Soil NeedsFlower & Rose Food Special FeatureDwarf Plant, Easy Care, Tolerates Poor Soils, Waterwise Water NeedsLow