Other names: Gaping-flowered sage, Kashmir sage, Himalayan sage
S. hians is a clump-forming, sticky-hairy, short-lived, deciduous perennial with broadly ovate, toothed, aromatic, veined and wrinkled, dark green leaves and erect, branched stems bearing spikes of two-lipped, white-marked, purple-blue flowers throughout summer.
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Salvia blancoana (Spanish Sage)
Other names: Eucalyptus Sage
S. blancoana is a prostrate, deciduous sub-shrub with narrow, aromatic, blue-green leaves and spikes of pale violet-blue flowers with white markings in early to midsummer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia 'Madeline' (Sage 'Madeline')
'Madeline' is an upright, bushy, evergreen to semi-evergreen subshrub or shrubby perennial with ovate, aromatic, dark green leaves and, from late spring into summer, upright racemes of whorled, two-lipped flowers with dark purple-blue upper petals and white lower petals.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia 'Eveline' (Sage 'Eveline')
'Eveline' is a compact, upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with branching stems bearing ovate, aromatic, light green leaves and upright racemes of whorled, two-lipped, purple-pink flowers from late spring to late summer.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia blepharophylla (Eyelash sage)
S. blepharophylla is a tender, spreading, sub-shrubby, rhizomatous perennial with ovate to triangular, toothed, hairy dark green leaves and, from early summer to early autumn, slender, branched, purple-flushed stems bearing loose racemes of bright scarlet flowers with large lower lips.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia buchananii (Buchanan's sage)
Other names: Salvia bacheriana
S. buchananii is a tender, stoloniferous, woody-based perennial with lance-shaped, leathery, glossy, dark green leaves and erect, branching stems bearing loose racemes of hairy, tubular, rose-purple flowers from midsummer to mid-autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia x jamensis 'Javier' (Sage 'Javier')
Other names: Bush sage 'Javier', Bush salvia 'Javier'
'Javier' is an upright, evergreen to semi-evergreen sub-shrub with small, glossy, ovate to elliptic, aromatic, bright green leaves and, from late spring into autumn, black stems bearing open racemes of mauve to purple flowers with purple-black calyces.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.65m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Cyathea medullaris (Black tree fern)
Other names: Sago fern, Mamaku
C. medullaris is a tender tree fern with a black, hairy trunk, and long golden green fronds.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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