Salvia elegans 'Tangerine Sage' (Tangerine sage)
Other names: Fruit scented sage
'Tangerine Sage' is a tender, tall perennial with tangerine scented leaves and narrow trumpet shaped flowers in late summer.
Read more...
![]() |
0.5m max. spread |
![]() |
0.6m max. height |
![]() |
1-2 years to maturity |
Other names: Painted sage, Horminum sage
S. viridis is an upright annual that has either pink or purple flowers and very decorative bracts throughout the summer and into the autumn.
Read more...
![]() |
0.4m max. spread |
![]() |
0.5m max. height |
![]() |
1 year 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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.5m max. spread |
![]() |
1m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.6m max. spread |
![]() |
0.6m max. height |
![]() |
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.
Read more...
![]() |
1.3m max. spread |
![]() |
1.3m max. height |
![]() |
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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.5m max. spread |
![]() |
1m max. height |
![]() |
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.
Read more...
![]() |
1m max. spread |
![]() |
1.5m max. height |
![]() |
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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.3m max. spread |
![]() |
0.75m max. height |
![]() |
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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.6m max. spread |
![]() |
0.3m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 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.
Read more...
![]() |
1.5m max. spread |
![]() |
1.5m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
To add ? to your lists,
login to your account or subscribe.
Find out more about plant lists here
or Login