azure sage (Salvia azurea grandiflora)
Flowers bright azure
Bloom Season summer until frost
Foliage gray green
Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, bees
Type perennial
Light full sun
Water low
Size 36-60” tall, 24-48″ spread
The striking neon azure flowers catch your attention. Hummingbirds and butterflies love this native sage. Azure sage is a showy addition to an herb garden, cottage garden, or native plant garden.
Black and Blue sage (Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’)
Flowers vivid cobalt blue
Bloom Season summer until frost
Foliage green
Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Type perennial
Light full sun
Water low
Size 36” tall, 24-60″ spread
The vivid blue flowers catch your eye from a distance. Hummingbirds and butterflies love this sage. Leaves have a slight anise scent. Black and Blue sage is a showy addition to any herb garden.
Berggarten sage (Salvia officinalis ‘Berggarten’)
Foliage silvery gray green
Attracts butterflies and bees
Type perennial
Light full sun
Water low
Size 18-24” tall, 18-24” spread
‘Berggarten’ is tasty, has beautiful silvery leaves with the familiar pebbly sage texture, and makes a nice addition as an ornamental in the garden. ‘Bergarrten’ is usually still growing at Thanksgiving (even in the snow) and so is available for stuffing.
Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucanthemum)
Flowers velvety purple
Bloom Season late summer until frost
Foliage light grayish green
Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Type annual
Light full sun to partial shade
Water low
Size 48” tall, 24-36″ spread
The purple flower spikes are wonderful cut flowers and also dry easily for fall arrangements. They retain their brilliant for a year or more.
pineapple sage (Salvia elegans)
Flowers scarlet
Bloom Season late summer until frost
Foliage green
Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Type annual
Light full sun to partial shade
Water low
Size 36” tall
Pineapple sage is a fast growing herb with a delightful pineapple fragrance. Its vivid scarlet flowers bloom from late summer until frost and attract migrating hummingbirds.
purple sage (Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’)
Flowers pale blue
Bloom Season early summer
Foliage purplish green
Attracts butterflies and bees
Type perennial
Light full sun
Water low
Size 12-24” tall, 12-18″ spread
The ornamental value of purple sage comes from its pretty purple foliage. It’s just the right size for a container. The leaves of purple sage are just as tasty as common sage.
golden sage (Salvia officinalis ‘Aurea’)
Flowers pale blue
Bloom Season early summer
Foliage medium green with golden leaf margins
Attracts butterflies and bees
Type perennial
Light full sun
Water low
Size 12-24” tall, 18-24″ spread
Golden sage provides both ornamental value with its foliage and culinary value for its flavor.
Other Sages
blue oak sage (S. chamaedryoides)
clary sage (S. scleria)
Cleveland blue sage (S. clevelandii)
common garden sage (S. officinalis)
Grower’s Friend (S. officinalis ‘Grower’s Friend’)
Spanish (S. lavendula)
tricolor sage (S. officinalis ‘Tricolor’)
white sage (S. apiana)