If you don't know the variety name of your tender Saliva (Sage) shrub, you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice.
Salvia (any tender or borderline hardy perennial variety) are tender, upright, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs, sometimes grown as annuals, with aromatic leaves and, from summer into autumn, dense, racemes of flowers in a variety of colours.
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2.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
If you don't know the variety name of your tender, perennial Salvia (Sage), you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice.
Salvia (any tender or borderline hardy perennial variety) are tender, upright, semi-evergreen perennials, often grown as annuals, with aromatic leaves and, from summer into autumn, dense, racemes of flowers in a variety of colours.
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2.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Common sage, Common garden sage , Sauge, Small leaf sage, Garden sage, Salvia officinalis 'Greek'
S. officinalis is a herb with aromatic yellow-green leaves and spires of blue flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Other names: Cleveland sage, Fragrant sage, Mountain sage
S. clevelandii is a dwarf, rounded, evergreen shrub with downy stems, ovate to elliptic or lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and, in summer, terminal whorls or short spikes of white, blue or violet flowers.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: California white sage, Bee sage, Sacred sage
S. apiana is a tender, bushy, evergreen perennial or subshrub with aromatic, waxy, linear-lance-shaped, silver-grey leaves and upright stems bearing whorls of lavender-flushed, white flowers in late spring or early summer.
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1.3m max. spread |
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1.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia x jamensis (Hybrid Mexican sage)
Other names: James sage
S. x jamensis is a bushy, borderline hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with ovate, toothed, mid-green leaves and, in summer and autumn, terminal racemes of red, rose-pink, orange, salmon or pale yellow flowers.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia darcyi (Darcy's Mexican sage)
Other names: Darcy's sage, Fiery sage, Galeana red sage, Red mountain sage
S. darcyi is an upright, bushy, clump-forming, semi-evergreen sub-shrub with aromatic, sticky, heart-shaped, light to mid-green leaves and open racemes of hooded, red or orange-red flowers from summer into autumn.
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2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia coccinea (Scarlet sage)
Other names: Texas sage, Tropical sage, Blood sage, Hummingbird sage
S. coccinea is an erect, bushy annual or tender, semi-evergreen perennial with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves and, from summer into autumn, slender, open, terminal spikes of soft cherry-red flowers.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Other names: Honey sage
S. mellifera is a borderline hardy, rounded, dense, evergreen shrub with upright stems bearing aromatic, oblong to lance-shaped, deeply veined, olive-flushed, dark green leaves, woolly beneath, and dense whorls of tubular, two-lipped, lightly fragrant, white, pale blue, or pale lavender flowers in late spring.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia canariensis (Canary Island sage)
Other names: Canary sage
S. canariensis is a tender, erect, open, evergreen shrub with white-downy stems bearing triangular to lance-shaped, sometimes notched, grey-green leaves and, from winter into spring, panicles or racemes of tubular, two-lipped, purple to purple-pink flowers with reddish-purple calyces.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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