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Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal'

Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal'


(Spreading California Purple Sage or Spreading California Gray Sage) Songbirds love this California native as do honeybees and hummingbirds. This Salvia leucophylla clone was collected in the wild and close to the ocean at Point Sal near Santa Barbara. Heat and drought tolerant, it also withstands direct ocean spray.  This plant has no rival as a large scale ground cover or bank cover for areas that are dry in summer.

Commonly known as Purple Sage for its flowers or Gray Sage for its silvery, velvety, foliage, this hardy salvia is highly regarded for attracting small wildlife including songbirds, which love its tasty seed and the insects it attracts. The Point Sal variety is shorter and spreads further than the species.

However, similar to the species, the Point Sal plant is well known for being highly aromatic and growing into a dense, silvery mound with fragrant flowers that last from late winter to spring. It loves full sun and well-drained soil.

This variety has a broader range than the species, because it grows well in Zone 10 along with Zones 8 and 9. Being cold hardy to at least 15 degrees F, it is worth trying in some Zone 7 areas. All this hardy sage requires is well-drained soil and full sun.

We would use this shrub in the landscape even if it didn't flower, because its long, fuzzy, gray-green leaves with serrated edges are so appealing. Aside from being a great large-scale groundcover that takes minimal care, it is also a handsome screen or border plant for dry gardens.






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Common name Spreading California Purple Sage or Califronia Grey Sage
USDA Zone 8 - 10
Size (h/w/fh) 24"+/72"+/36"+
Exposure Full sun
Soil Well drained
Water Drought resistant
Pot size 3 1/2 inch deep pot
Container? Yes
Price: $7.00

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 (Bee's Bliss Sage) Looking for a California native sage to use as a groundcover? Bee's Bliss grows about 1 foot tall and spreads up to 8 feet, choking weeds. Spikes of lavender colored flowers rise another foot above the mat of gray-green foliage, blooming and buzzing with honeybees from winter into spring in Zones 8 to 11.

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 (Sacred White Sage) Bees, hummingbirds and spiritual blessings are all connected to this elegant shrubby sage, which is an important herb to indigenous Californians and deserves a place in every salvia garden. Stiff and almost fleshy, its leaves are tight rosettes of brilliant, silvery white.


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Salvia brandegeei Salvia brandegeei

 (Santa Rosa Island Sage) This is a hardy, California native sage although it is only found in the wild on one of Southern California's Channel Islands. It is drought resistant and forms dense mounds of fragrant, deep green, wrinkly foliage with heavenly clouds of lavender-tinged blue flowers in spring.

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Salvia cedrosensis Salvia cedrosensis

 (Cedros Island Sage) From the Island of Cedars off the coast of Baja California Sur comes this delightful xeric sage with deep violet-blue flowers and silvery foliage. The square-shaped, 1-inch-long leaves are densely covered with downy, short, white hairs providing moisture retention.


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Salvia clevelandii 'Whirly Blue' Salvia clevelandii 'Whirly Blue'

 (Cleveland Sage or California Blue Sage) A California native plant garden is not complete without a Cleveland Sage. This particular cultivar has deeper blue flowers with a purple overlay as well as deep purple calyxes. Due to its height and drought resistance, it is ideal for back of border in a dry garden or for use as a screen.

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Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman' Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman'

 (Cleveland Sage or California Blue Sage) This drought-tolerant, evergreen, California native is a compact, aromatic shrub with electric blue-purple flowers that bloom in summer. Discovered in a Berkeley, California, garden, Winnifred Gilman is a fine variety of the species.

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#851
Salvia lavanduloides Salvia lavanduloides

 (Lavender Leaf Sage) It's easy to confuse this sage from Southern Mexico with a Lavender bush. The lavender--blue flower spikes make it look like a Lavandula species as does the foliage, which is similar in size, shape and color.

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#729
Salvia leucophylla Salvia leucophylla

 (California Purple Sage or California Gray Sage) This California native is commonly known as Purple Sage for its flowers or Gray Sage for its silvery, velvety foliage. Due also to its hardiness, drought tolerance and ability to attract small wildlife, it is a joy in the dry garden.

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#904
Salvia leucophylla 'Amethyst Bluffs' Salvia leucophylla 'Amethyst Bluffs'

 (Giant Spreading California Purple Sage or Giant Spreading California Gray Sage) Looking for a large-scale groundcover? One for poor soil, little-to-no water, howling winds or seriously hot sun? This variety of Salvia leucophylla may be the answer.

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 (Black Sage or Honey Sage) One of the most common and fragrant native shrubs in Central California's Coast Ranges, Black Sage is ideal for dry gardens. Admirably adaptable, it tolerates soils ranging from the most marginal to ones that are loamy and provide excellent drainage. It is a survivor.

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 (Apricot Hummingbird Sage or Cerro Alto Pitcher Sage) Highly desirable and spectacular in all ways, this California native Sage is a rare apricot flowered variety from the mountains behind Big Sur, California.

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Salvia x 'Celestial Blue' Salvia x 'Celestial Blue'

 (Celestial Blue Sage) Fast growing and adaptable, this sage is a chance hybrid between California Blue Sage (Salvia clevelandii) and California Rose Sage (Salvia pachyphylla) and possibly even California Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla).

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#684
Salvia x 'Pozo Blue' Salvia x 'Pozo Blue'

 (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 growing, tolerant of almost any soil and blooms for a full month in the Spring. If you are looking for a tough California native plant, you've found it.  And very attractive, richly scented white hairy leaves on well branched stems make this a large, garden worthy Sage.


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#879
Salvia x 'Starlight' Salvia x 'Starlight'

 (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 into summer, attracting honeybees.

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#353
Salvia spathacea Salvia spathacea

 (Hummingbird Sage or Pitcher Sage) Highly desirable and spectacular in all ways, this California native Sage is quite possibly our very favorite of the genus. This strain is from the northern-most part of its range.

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Sideritis oroteneriffae Sideritis oroteneriffae

 (Canary Island White Sage) Thick, almost succulent leaves are so furry and white that everyone that sees this Canary Island native reaches out to stroke it. A true standout in a hot dry garden, this tough plant is the perfect background to show off the brightly colored flowers of many Salvias.

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Pantone Pageant: Sprawling Salvias for a Monaco Blue Slope
Pantone Pageant: Sprawling Salvias for a Monaco Blue Slope
Category: Everything Salvias
Posted: Feb 18, 2013 23:41:00
Synopsis: Even landscaping can be stylish. Fill a problem slope with Chilean Mountain Sage and Limelight Mexican Sage. Their flowers are fine color matches for Monaco Blue, one of Pantone's 2013 designer blues. Intersperse lavender-flowered Spreading California Purple Sage.

Xeric Choices: 5 Must-Have Native Salvias for Southern California
Xeric Choices: 5 Must-Have Native Salvias for Southern California
Category: Xeric Choices
Posted: Dec 23, 2012 16:43:00
Synopsis: Native plants are the best ones for local conditions. But sometimes boundaries designating what is native may be artificial. Here are five outstanding Xeric Salvias for Southern California, including one, not far over the Baja border, that offers intense drought resistance and violet-blue flowers.

Salvias Down South: Southern California Butterfly Favorites
Salvias Down South: Southern California Butterfly Favorites
Category: Butterflies in the Garden
Posted: Nov 5, 2012 19:36:00
Synopsis: Wildscaping a butterfly-friendly garden in Southern California is an act of kindness, especially toward imperiled species. Gardeners from Santa Barbara southward may want to group coastal sage and chaparral plants in their butterfly gardens, because those are among favorite sources of nectar for adult butterflies and host plants for caterpillars. Sages are popular nectar choices. Plants, such as Milkweeds and Impatiens, that work well both as nectar providers and caterpillar hosts are important additions.

Here are some guidelines for success with this plant in your garden. Click on an individual icon for more detailed information.

Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal' - Spreading California Purple Sage or Califronia Grey Sage:
Exposure
Full sun
Full sun
Heat tolerant
Heat tolerant
Uses
Fragrant
Fragrant
Habit
8 - 10
8 - 10
24 inches tall+
24 inches tall+
72 inches wide+
72 inches wide+
Ground cover
Ground cover
Shrub
Shrub
Water Needs
Drought resistant
Drought resistant
Attracts
Honeybees
Honeybees
Deer resistant
Deer resistant
Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds


Feel free to contact us should you have any questions about using Spreading California Purple Sage or Califronia Grey Sage in your garden. Or call us at 707 877-1717.
Here's some of the best uses for this plant in your garden:

Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal' - Spreading California Purple Sage or Califronia Grey Sage:

Groundcover

Screening

Native plant garden

Dry garden



Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about using Spreading California Purple Sage or Califronia Grey Sage in your garden. Or call us at 707 877-1717.
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