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Many Salvias grow in hot areas, and are well adapted to gardens in areas where it gets HOT. Included here are some of the best we know of for growing in a warm climate.
Many of these varieties are also drought resistant - please see the individual product descriptions for details.
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(Red Betony) Heralding from the arid Southwest, this attractive and desirable perennial is one of the best hummingbird plants. Small pastel red/orange flowers make a real impact due to their numbers - this plant is often covere...
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(Hidalgo or 7-UP Plant) I love to ask people what the smell of these leaves remind them of. Almost no one gets it on the first try, but when I say, "7 UP", their eyes light up, heads nod and the resounding answer is, "Yes!"
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(Savannah Blue African Sage) Two South African sages are the parents of this stunning hybrid with large, sky-blue flowers and densely branching, attractively cut foliage. Tough and adaptable, this dry garden plant grows in full sun or partial shade.
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(Peter Vigdeon Mountain Sage) British Salvia guru Robin Middleton is responsible for this fine, lilac pink Salvia x jamensis. It's compact and easy to grow with attractive, bright green foliage and large ruffled flowers blooming from spring into fall.
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(Yellow Pink Mountain Sage) Every year nurseries large and small release dozens of new S. x jamensis varieties. We grow as many of the new ones as we can, and only a very few make the cut as different and worthwhile. This one from our Salvia Guru Brent B...
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(Pat Vlasto Mountain Sage) Thanks to botanist Dr. James Compton who in 1991, doing plant exploration in Northern Mexico in conjunction with Yucca-Do Nursery, found this exceptional plant. We are happy he did!
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(Full Moon Hybrid Sage) The luminescent, bicolor pastels of many Salvia x jamensis are difficult to capture in photos, but easy to appreciate. It remains compact and flowers freely from spring through fall, so it's on our short list of "best new Salvias."
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(California Sunset Autumn Sage) When we first saw this plant in bloom, we were entranced by the blended sunset-shade colors - truly unique. And after growing it for a season, we are just as impressed by its compact & well branched plant habit. This is a very special Salvia!
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(Betty's Mountain Sage) Every year nurseries large and small release dozens of new S. x jamensis varieties. We grow as many of the new ones as we can, and only a very few make the cut as different and worthwhile. This one from our Salvia Guru Brent Barne...
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(Raspberry Delight Autumn Sage) A color that never fails to attract attention - dark raspberry red - coupled with an excellent habit and superior cold resistance make this one of our finest Autumn Sage varieties.
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(Waverly Sage) A tender shrub or perennial, depending on your Zone, Waverly Sage features white flowers with soft purplish-pink bracts from mid-summer through first frost. First discovered as 'Mark's Mystery White', the naming and origin of this plant is confusing.
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(Starlight Sage) This is a white-flowering hybrid of Sacred White Sage (Salvia apiana) and Black Sage (Salvia mellifera), two California natives often seen growing together in the wild. Starlight blooms from winter...
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(Scarlet Spires Sage) A hybrid between the very hardy D'Arcy's Sage (Salvia darcyi) and the beautifully colored 'Raspberry Delight' Littleleaf Sage (Salvia microphylla 'Raspberry Delight'), this plant is superior t...
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(Sally Greenwood Sage) This is a difficult color to capture in a photograph - a rich velvety royal purple overlaid with a blue sheen. It is unlike any other Salvia we know, both in color and in its tight, mounding habit. The small grey-green leaves are the perfect backdrop for more flowers than...
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(Purple Stem Sage) Aside from knowing that it was collected in the Northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, little can be said with certainty about the taxonomy of this Salvia. What we can say definitively about this not-rare-but not-at-all-common plant is ...
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(Grey Musk Sage) A chance hybrid between California Blue Sage (Salvia clevelandii) and California Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla) found at Las Pilitas Native Plant Nursery in Southern California, this plant is fast...
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(Phyllis' Fancy Sage) From the Arboretum at the University of California at Santa Cruz, the parentage of this hybrid sage is unknown, but thought to be a hybrid between Mexican Bush Sage (S. leucantha) and Chiapas Sage (S...
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(Cherry Red Mountain Sage) Thanks again to Richard Dufrense for this fine hybrid of Salvia migrophylla and S. grahamii. So - why another red Autumn Sage? Because of the durable and easy-to-grow nature of this plant; because it is hardy to Zone 6 with mulching; because it has absolutely brillia...
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(John Whittlesey Sage) A hybrid between D'Arcy's Sage (S. darcyi) and Mirto de Montes (S. microphylla), this plant is hardy, vigorous and long blooming. Grow it as a herbaceous perennial, and the tidy new growth an...
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(Jean's Purple Sage) This spectacular plant is a hybrid between S. guaranitica (Anice Scented Sage) & S. gesnerifolia (Big Mexican Scarlet Sage). It resembles a its first parents, but with much larger flowers.
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