Salvia (any hardy shrub variety) (Sage (any hardy shrub variety))
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Salvia (any hardy shrub variety) are upright, evergreen shrubs with ovate or elliptic, usually toothed, green leaves and, from summer to early autumn, panicles or racemes of two-lipped flowers in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, or white.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia (any hardy perennial variety) (Sage (any hardy perennial variety))
Salvia (any hardy perennial variety) are upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennials with ovate, oblong, or lance-shaped, often scalloped or toothed, mid- to dark green leaves and, from summer to early autumn, panicles or racemes of two-lipped flowers in shades of pink, purple, or white.
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1m max. spread |
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1m 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 |
Salvia spathacea (Pitcher sage)
Other names: Bee sage, Hummingbird sage
S. spathacea is a spreading herbaceous perennial with upright stems bearing fruity scented purple-red flowers in late summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m 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 involucrata (Rosy-leaf sage)
Other names: Rosebud sage
S. involucrata is a tall, sub-shrubby perennial with ovate to heart-shaped, tapering, softly hairy dark green leaves and, from late summer to mid-autumn, dense, terminal racemes of purple-red flowers with prominent pink bracts that fall as the flowers open.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years 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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