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 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 |
Other names: Sky blue African sage, Blue African sage, Wildesalie, African wild sage, Blue eyes
S. muirii is a compact, erect, tender, evergreen perennial or subshrub with ovate, toothed, aromatic, light grey-green leaves and, from summer into autumn, upright racemes of whorled, two-lipped violet-blue flowers with white-marked lower lips.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia candelabrum (Candelabrum sage)
S. candelabrum is an erect, half-hardy, woody-based perennial with wrinkled, aromatic, oblong to lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and erect spikes of whorled, two-lipped, violet-blue flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' (Purple sage)
Other names: Salvia officinalis Purpurascens Group, Salvia officinalis 'Purpurea'
'Purpurascens' is an erect, dwarf semi-evergreen to evergreen subshrub with oblong to ovate, woolly, aromatic, grey-green leaves, purple when young, and branched, purple stems bearing whorled, terminal racemes of 2-lipped, purple-blue flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Teucrium scorodonia (Wood sage)
Other names: Garlic germander, Garlic sage , Hind-heal, Mountain sage , Wood germander, Woodland germander, Sage-leaved germander, Teucrium salviifolium, Teucrium scorodonia var. crispum, Teucrium sylvestre
T. scorodonia is an erect, variable, hairy, evergreen perennial or subshrub with triangular to ovate, scalloped, wrinkled, mid-green leaves and branching spikes of yellow-green flowers in late summer and early autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Sandsalie, Beach sage, Dune sage, Salvia africana-lutea
S. aurea is a tender, erect to spreading, rounded, evergreen shrub with downy stems, rounded to narrowly ovate, white woolly, grey-green leaves and, from summer to late autumn, dense, upright racemes of golden-brown or red-brown to mauve flowers.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (Pitcher sage)
Other names: Blue sage, Azure sage, Salvia azurea subsp. pitcheri, Salvia angustifolia var. grandiflora
S. azurea var. grandiflora is an erect, woody-based perennial with densely hairy stems, linear to lance-shaped, sometimes toothed, mid- to grey-green leaves and, from late summer to autumn, dense, terminal racemes of blue or white flowers.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia cacaliifolia (Guatemalan leaf sage)
Other names: Cacalia sage , Ivy leaf sage, Gentian leaf sage/, Blue vine sage
S. cacaliifolia is a tender, erect, hairy perennial with triangular, aromatic, mid-green leaves and, in early summer, branched stems bearing terminal panicles of two-lipped, deep blue flowers.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst' (Scarlet sage 'Brenthurst')
Other names: Texas sage 'Brenthurst', Tropical sage 'Brenthurst', Blood sage 'Brenthurst', Hummingbird sage 'Brenthurst'
'Brenthurst' is an erect, bushy annual or tender, semi-evergreen perennial with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves and slender, open, terminal spikes of pink flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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