Sage bush

Name: Texas Sage Plant Type: shrub Height: 3’-6’ Width: 3’-4’ Light: full sun to part shade Salt: good salt tolerance Deer: do not usually eat Zone: 7-10 Notes: Texas sage is an extremely tough plant that can tolerate any number of conditions. Silver foliage with bright, purple flowers adds color and contrast against other green […]

Russian sage is at the top of the list of easy-care garden perennials that you simply buy, plant, and enjoy. Just give them full sun and well-drained soil and enjoy their beauty.

Mexican bush sage is a drought-tolerant plant that produces spikes of purple-blue flowers. It can be grown as an annual or a perennial.

Russian sage is a 3 to 5-foot tall perennial with purplish blue flowers and silver foliage. It has fragrant leaves and it blooms from mid-summer season to the fall. It is a good plant for fall color in the garden, to use for dried or cut flowers, or to attract butterflies.

As I drove to work a couple of weeks ago, I noticed the Texas Sage shrubs in my neighborhood were ablaze with purple blooms. At first, I thought only a few were blooming along the right-of-way, but as I meandered deeper into my neighborhood toward the highway, I found just about every sage bush I came upon was abloom. When

Leucophyllum frutescens, also known as ceniza, barometer bush, or Texas purple sage. This shrub has been in bloom numerous times this summer in response to the rains that we've had. Last year, during our terrible drought, I think it only bloomed once. Purple sage is a shrub that can grow 4-6 feet tall and just about that wide. It thrives during hot summers and can withstand drought, as it did in my yard over the last couple of years. In my yard, it lives in a bed where I very seldom provide…

White (and other varieties) recommended for front patch and back sunny patch. Other native and low-water varieties include hummingbird, black, and purple. Other salvias also recommended.

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