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: 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 moorcroftiana (Kashmir sage)
Other names: Kashmir salvia, Moorcroft sage
S. moorcroftiana is rosette-forming, evergreen perennial with large, ovate, scalloped, woolly, grey-green leaves and, from late spring into summer, upright, branched stems bearing spikes of whorled, pale lilac flowers with hairy, green bracts.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia przewalskii (Red sage )
Other names: Dan shen, Dan-shen gansu, Black-blossomed sage
S. przewalskii is a clump-forming, tuberous, deciduous perennial with large, triangular, mid- to bright green leaves, white-hairy beneath, and, from early summer to early autumn, erect, branched stems bearing spikes of two-lipped, deep purple flowers with prominent, dark maroon bracts.
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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 |
S. nana is a borderline hardy, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with oval, wrinkled, dark grey-green leaves, white-hairy beneath, and upright stems bearing loose whorls of white-marked, violet-blue flowers from summer into autumn.
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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 |
Other names: Blue-flowered sage, Spreading blue sage, Salvia patens 'Royal Blue', Salvia patens 'Oxford Blue', Salvia horminum 'Oxford Blue'
S. patens is a clump-forming, tuberous, borderline hardy, deciduous perennial with ovate to triangular, toothed, hairy, mid-green leaves and racemes of two-lipped, blue flowers from midsummer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia x superba (Hybrid sage)
Other names: Salvia virgata
S. x superba is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial upright stems bearing oblong to lance-shaped, scalloped, grey-green leaves and dense racemes of two-lipped, violet to puprle flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia guaranitica (Anise-scented sage)
Other names: Brazilian sage, Giant blue sage, Sapphire sage, Salvia concolor, Blue anise sage
S. guaranitica is a bushy sub-shrubby perennial with ovate, toothed, wrinkled, hairy mid-green leaves and, from late summer to late autumn, spikes of deep blue flowers.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia 'Red Swing' (Sage 'Red Swing')
Other names: Autumn sage 'Red Swing', Salvia greggii 'Red Swing'
'Red Swing' is a compact, bushy, evergreen sub-shrub or woody-based perennial with aromatic, narrowly elliptic, mid-green leaves and upright, black stems bearing terminal racemes of two-lipped, scarlet flowers from early summer into autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia serboana (Grape-leaved sage)
Other names: Salvia vitifolia, Grape leaf sage
S. serboana is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial with large, triangular, softly hairy, grey-green leaves and slender, erect stems bearing hooded, tubular, deep blue flower from late summer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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