Salvia leucantha (Mexican bush sage)
S. leucantha is a tender, evergreen subshrub with narrow lance-shaped leaves which are white beneath, and small white flowers which emerge from downy purple clayces in late winter to spring.
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1m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia amarissima (Bitter Mexican sage)
Other names: Salvia circinnata, Salvia amara, Salvia capillosa, Salvia nepetoides
S. amarissima is a tender, upright, branching, aromatic, deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub with ovate to heart-shaped, veined, dark green leaves and, from late summer into autumn, racemes of whorled, two-lipped, blue to violet flowers with hairy calyces and white-marked throats.
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0.9m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia elegans (Pineapple sage)
Other names: Pineapple-scented sage, Salvia rutilans
S. elegans is a tender, herbaceous perennial or semi-evergreen subshrub often grown as an annual with branching stems, oblong to ovate, toothed, aromatic, mid-green leaves and, from winter to spring, loose, terminal panicles of bright red flowers.
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1m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Salvia leucantha 'Midnight' (Mexican bush sage 'Midnight')
Other names: Mexican bush 'Midnight', Mexican sage 'Midnight', Salvia leucantha 'All Purple'
'Midnight' is a tender, bushy, evergreen shrub or shrubby perennial with arching branches, white-woolly when young, narrow, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves, white beneath, and terminal racemes of purple flowers with purple calyces in late winter and early spring.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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