$4-10avg. price
Perennial🦌 Deer Resistant💧 Drought Tolerant
Garden Sage
Salvia officinalis
Garden Sage is both a culinary essential and a beautiful landscape plant — soft, velvety gray-green leaves with a wonderful savory fragrance, topped with purple-blue flower spikes that bees adore. 'Tricolor' has pink, white, and green variegation; 'Purpurascens' has deep purple leaves. It's a Mediterranean herb that thrives in hot, dry conditions.
Hardiness Zones
4-10
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water Needs
Low
Maintenance
Low
Mature Size
1-2 ft H × 2-3 ft W
Growth Rate
Moderate
Bloom Season
Late Spring - Summer
Bloom Color
Purple-blue spikes; gray-green aromatic foliage
Care Guide
Plant in full sun with well-drained soil. Very drought tolerant — don't overwater. Harvest regularly to keep compact. Replace every 3-4 years as plants get woody. Can take a hard spring pruning. Roots easily from cuttings. Avoid heavy mulching and wet winter soil.
Landscape Uses
Herb gardensMediterranean gardensBordersEdgingContainer plantingsFragrance gardens
Best Growing Regions
westsouthwestsoutheastnortheastmidwest
Great Companion Plants
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