Cycas multipinnata (Royal sago)
Other names: Epicycas multipinnata , Cycas longipetiolula
C. multipinnata is an upright, slow-growing, tender, evergreen perennial with a mainly underground, trunk-like stem bearing large, glossy, dark green, bipinnate leaves deeply divided into two or more oblong lobes. Narrowly conical, pale yellow-brown, cone-like inflorescence appear at the base of mature plants.
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4m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Salvia microphylla (Baby sage)
Other names: Graham's sage, Blackcurrant sage, Little leaf sage, Salvia grahamii
S. microphylla is a bushy, spreading, evergreen shrub or shrubby perennial with ovate, sometimes hairy, mid- to dark green leaves and, in late summer and autumn, terminal racemes of paired or whorled, two-lipped, reddish-pink to reddish-purple flowers.
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1m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia elegans (Pineapple sage)
Other names: Pineapple-scented sage, Salvia rutilans
S. elegans is a tender, herbaceous perennial or semi-evergreen subshrub often grown as an annual with branching stems, oblong to ovate, toothed, aromatic, mid-green leaves and, from winter to spring, loose, terminal panicles of bright red flowers.
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1m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten' (Berggarten sage)
'Berggarten' is an evergreen, compact, herbaceous perennial with large oval leaves that start off green and turn downy, grey and fragrant with age. In early spring and again in summer they have purple flowers.
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1m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia nemorosa subsp. tesquicola (Meadow sage)
Other names: Salvia nemorosa subsp. pseudosylvestris, Salvia tesquicola, Hardy sage
S. nemorosa subsp. tesquicola is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with large, ovate, toothed, aromatic, dark grey-green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, often blooming again in mid-autumn, dense, erect racemes of purple-blue flowers with reddish-purple bracts.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia leucophylla (Purple sage)
Other names: San Luis purple sage, Chaparral sage
S. leucophylla is a bushy, rounded to mound-forming, evergreen shrub with wrinkled, aromatic, oblong to lance-shaped, hairy, grey-green leaves and, from spring to early summer, whorls of fragrant, purple-pink flowers with grey calyces.
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1.8m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Salvia officinalis 'Maxima' (Sage 'Maxima')
'Maxima' is an upright, bushy, evergreen subshrub with large, oblong, aromatic, grey-green leaves and terminal racemes of purple-blue flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia brandegeei (Brandegee sage)
Other names: Baja sage, Santa Rosa Island sage
S. brandegeei is an upright, bushy, evergreen shrub with linear, scalloped, wrinkled, glossy, dark green leaves, white-woolly beneath, and whorls of two-lipped, lavender flowers in spring to early summer.
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2m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Salvia 'Dayglow' (Sage 'Dayglow')
Other names: Salvia 'Day Glow'
'Dayglow' is an upright, bushy, borderline hardy, evergreen to semi-evergreen subshrub or shrubby perennial with ovate, aromatic, dark green leaves and upright racemes of bright pink flowers in summer and autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.7m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia mexicana (Mexican sage )
S. mexicana is a variable, borderline hardy, upright, semi-evergreen perennial or subshrub with oval to heart-shaped, pointed, sometimes hairy, mid- to grey-green, leaves and, in autumn, long stems bearing whorls of hairy, dark blue, purple, or violet flower with green or reddish-purple calyces.
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1.5m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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