Elk Rainbow Sage Picture Gallery
Add Jame Sages to your list of the best long blooming perennials for drought and heat tolerance. When most Salvia gardeners think about Salvia x jamensis, they visualize pastels. However, varieties are rapidly expanding to contain a broader range of colors from soft to intense and bright.
An example is our FBTS series of Elk Rainbow Sages, which include bright solids, soft pastels and glowing bicolors in blues, pinks, purples, oranges, reds, yellows and whites. The colors of these hybrid members of the Autumn and Mountain Sage Group (S. greggii and S. microphylla spp.) depend on the Salvias that crossed to create them.
Elk Rainbow Jame Sages are ideal plants for dry gardens that receive little supplemental watering. They are native to the American Southwest and Mexico. Pollinators love them, so they are excellent choices for wildlife garden design.
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Salvia x 'Elk Lemon Light'
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Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition White'
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Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Purple'
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Salvia x 'Elk Bella Rosa'
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Salvia x 'Elk Plum Parfait'
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Salvia x 'Elk Chantily Lace'
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Salvia x 'Elk Blue Note'
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Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Fuchsia'
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Salvia x 'Elk Raspberry Moose'
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Salvia x 'Elk Morning Sun'
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Salvia x 'Elk Blue Moon III'
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Salvia x 'Elk Grape Ape'
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Salvia x 'Elk Smokey Grape'
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Salvia x 'Elk Creme Anglaise'
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Salvia x 'Elk Xanadu'
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Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Sunrise'
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Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Cranberry'
Related Blog entries for plants in the Elk Rainbow Sage Picture Gallery
Whether planned or accidental, hybrids happen. This is especially true among the closely related Southwestern and Mexican species of Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii) and Mountain Sage (S. microphylla). They are native to different areas of the Southwest and Mexico, but cross freely when they meet. This story is the first installment in a two-part series initiating our Cultivating Color series. It involves the late Dr. Richard F. Dufresne, a Salvia specialist who helped us track the history of warm-colored S. x jamensis hybrids.
Luminous Salvia x jamensis pastel flowers began warming up nursery catalogs in the late 1990s. Their journey from steep Mexican mountains to American and European gardens began in the mid-19th century with the discovery of Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii). This is the second post in a two-part article about these Jame Sage hybrids of Autumn and Mountain Sage (S. microphylla). It includes descriptions of ten favorite Jame Sages.
| Name | Mature height | Mature width | Flower color | Bract color | Exposure |
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| Salvia x 'Elk Lemon Light' | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet | Pale Greenish Yellow | Strong Yellowish Green | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition White' | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet | Pale Yellowish Green | Strong Yellowish Green | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Purple' | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet | Vivid Reddish Purple | Dark Purple | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Bella Rosa' | 3 to 4 feet | 3 to 4 feet | Strong Purplish Red | Dark Purple | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Plum Parfait' | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Deep Purplish Red | Dark Purple | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Chantily Lace' | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Blue Note' | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun |
| Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Fuchsia' | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet | Vivid Reddish Purple | Dark Grayish Reddish Bro | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Raspberry Moose' | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Morning Sun' | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Blue Moon III' | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Grape Ape' | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Smokey Grape' | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Creme Anglaise' | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia x 'Elk Xanadu' | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Sunrise' | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |
| Salvia VIBE® 'Ignition Cranberry' | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet | Not yet defined * | Not yet defined * | Full sun to partial shade |