Salvia List - Sage List
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This Salvia list is comprised of all of the salvia species and varieties that I have found in California nurseries. I have planted most of them in a garden somewhere to see how they grow and have rarely been disappointed. I am sure there are more varieties out there that I will continue to find and add to this Salvia List.
Salvia plants are great butterfly and hummingbird attractors. A wide variety of butterflies are likely to stop in for a sip of nectar if they are in the neighborhood including the California Dogface, Cloudless Sulfur, Fiery Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Sara Orangetip, and Pipevine Swallowtail.
The Genus Salvia is represented with a wide range of plants both from the new world and the old. There are plants from the tropics as well as from more temperate regions. Some will make it where it is down right cold. While others are damaged or even killed with a light frost. With this wealth of diversity of source material there is an amazing array of species and hybrids to choose from. And many are available at a number of nurseries. Given the right species they can be put to almost any purpose found for an herb or shrub.
I use sages as bedding plants with species such as Salvia spectabilis and Salvia farinaceae 'victoria'.
California's native sages include Salvia apiana, Salvia carduacea, Salvia clevelandii, Salvia columbariae, Salvia dorrii, Salvia leucophylla, Salvia mellifera, Salvia munzii, Salvia spathacea. These sages provide much of the naturally occurring food for attracting hummingbirds during the Winter and Spring months. There are a diverse group of selected varieties and named hybrids included in our Sage List
The edible herbs are Salvia elegans and Salvia vulgare and their various cultivars. In my opinion a garden should be full of foods and fragrance.
Sages can be well represented perennial border using Salvia chiapensis, Salvia lyrata, Slavia muelleri, Salvia regla, Salvia superba, and Salvia urica.
Silver and grey gardens can be enhanced by a wealth of Sages including Salvia argentea, Salvia apiana, Salvia aurea, Salvia dorrii, Salvia chamaedryoides, Salvia clevelandii, Salvia discolor, Salvia karwinskii, Salvia lanceolata, Salvia leucantha, Salvia leucophylla, and Salvia verticillata.
Tropical gardens can always use a splash of color and the tropical sages are excellent in providing that with Salvia aurea, Salvia cacaliaefolia, Salvia chiapensis, Salvia confertiflora, Salvia dorisiana, Salvia gesneriiflora, Salvia indigo spires, Salvia involucrata, Salvia iodantha, Salvia karwinskii, Salvia madrensis, Salvia Purple Majesty, Salvia regla, Salvia puberula and Salvia wagneriana. Tropical sages are great plants for attracting hummingbirds at all times of he year.
A number of sages are quite drought tolerant, some even drought requiring. If you are trying to keep your water consumption under control the following would be a good choice; Salvia columbariae, Salvia dorrii, Salvia blepharophylla, Salvia canariensis, Salvia carduaceae, Salvia clevelandii, Salvia greggii cultivars, Salvia lanceolata, Salvia leucantha, Salvia leucophylla, Salvia mellifera, Salvia microphylla, Salvia semiatrata and Salvia spathacea.
Taking the opposite extreme, when you just need to include a sage everywhere, there is the bog sage, Salvia uliginosa, and Salvia lyrata can take a soggy situation as well.
Fragrance is a very important factor in the garden for me. A list of particularly pungent sages might be a good way to conclude. Salvia apiana, Salvia clevelandii, Salvia dorisiana, Salvia elegans, Salvia mellifera, and Salvia melissodora are all good fragrant choices.
Sage Common Names -------- click the link to go directly to Salvias by their Latin Names
Allen Chickering Sage * Salvia Allen Chickering
Amethyst Bluff Purple Sage * Salvia leucophylla Amethyst Bluff
Andean Silver Leaf Sage * Salvia discolor
Anise Scented Sage * Salvia guaranitica Costa Rican Blue
Argentine Skys Sage
* Salvia guaranitica Argentine Skys
Arrow Leaf Sage * Salvia sagittata
Autumn Sage * Salvia greggii
Baja Sage * Salvia chionopeplica
Balkan Clary * Salvia nemorosa
Beach Pink Autumn Sage * Salvia greggii La Playa Rosa
Beach Sage * Salvia africana lutea, Salvia aurea
Bee Sage * Salvia apiana
Bee's Bliss Sage * Salvia leucophylla Bee's Bliss
Berzerkeley * Salvia microphylla Berzerkeley
Black Sage * Salvia mellifera
Blue Bush Sage * Salvia urica
Blue Sage * Salvia clevelandii, Salvia clevelandii Winnifred Gilman
Blue Spike Sage * Salvia uliginosa
Blue Vine Sage * Salvia cacaliaefolia, Salvia cacaliifolia
Bog Sage * Salvia uliginosa
Brandegee's Sage * Salvia brandegeei
Buchanan's Sage * Salvia buchananii
Canary Island Sage * Salvia canariensis
Candelabra Sage * Salvia candelabrum
Cancer Weed * Salvia lyrata
Celestial Blue Sage * Salvia Celestial Blue
Cherry Sage * Salvia microphylla
Chiapas Sage * Salvia chiapensis
Chia * Salvia columbariae
Clary Sage * Salvia sclarea
Coahuila Sage * Salvia coahuilensis
Costa Rica Blue Sage * Salvia guaranitica Costa Rica Blue
Crimson Sage * Salvia spathacea
Dara's Choice Creeping Sage * Salvia sonomensis Dara's Choice
Delta Leaf Sage * Salvia microphylla
Dancing Dolls Autumn Sage * Salvia Dancing Dolls
Danielle's Dream Mexican Sage * Salvia leucantha Danielle's Dream
Dark Dancer Sage * Salvia microphylla Dark Dancer
Desert Sage * Salvia dorrii
Desperado Sage * Salvia Desperado
Dune Sage * Salvia africana lutea, Salvia aurea
Dwarf Indigo Spires Sage * Salvia Mystic Spires Blue
Ecuador Sage * Salvia flocculosa Ecuador
Emerald Cascade Sage * Salvia munzii Emerald Cascade
Eyelash Leaf Sage * Salvia blepharophylla
Fiery Sage * Salvia darcyi
Forsythia Sage * Salvia madrensis
Fruit Scented Sage * Salvia dorisiana
Fuchsia Sage * Salvia iodantha
Gentian Sage * Salvia Patens
Golden Girl Sage * Salvia x jamensis Golden Girl
Golden Sage * Salvia africana lutea, Salvia aurea
Graham's Sage * Salvia microphylla
Grape Scented Sage * Salvia melissodora
Green Carpet Creeping Sage * Salvia mellifera Green Carpet
Salvia greggii Annie * Dark Pink Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii Desert Blaze * Variegated Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii Furman's Red * Red Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii San Takao * Pale Pink Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii alba * White Autumn Sage
Guatamalan Blue Vine Sage * Salvia cacaliaefolia, Salvia cacaliifolia
Heatwave Glimmer Sage * Salvia Heatwave Glimmer
Hotlips Sage * Salvia microphylla Hotlips
Hummingbird Sage * Salvia spathacea
Indigo Spires Sage * Salvia Indigo Spires
Ivy Leaf Sage * Salvia cacaliaefolia, Salvia cacaliifolia
Jerusalem Sage * Phlomis fruticosa
Jerusalem Sage * Phlomis lanata
Karwinski's Sage * Salvia karwinskii
La Playa Rosa Sage * Salvia greggii La Playa Rosa
Lemmon's Sage * Salvia lemmonii
Lilac Sage * Salvia verticillata
Little Leaf Sage * Salvia microphylla
Marine Blue Sage * Salvia chamaedryoides Marine Blue
May Night Sage * Salvia sylvestris May Night
Meadow Sage * Salvia lyrata
Mealy Sage * Salvia farinacea
Mexican Sage * Salvia leucantha
Mexican Scarlet Sage * Salvia gesneriiflora
Midnight Sage * Salvia leucantha Midnight
Mrs. Beard Sage * Salvia sonomensis Mrs. Beard
Munz's Sage * Salvia munzii
Munz's Sage * Salvia munzii Emerald Cascade
Oaxaca Sage * Salvia adenophora
Peach Sage * Salvia dorisiana
Pineapple Sage * Salvia elegans
Pine Mountain Sage * Salvia semiatrata
Pitcher Sage * Salvia spathacea
Playa Rosa Sage * Salvia greggii La Playa Rosa
Point Sal Spreader * Salvia leucantha Point Sal Spreader
Pozo Blue Sage * Salvia Pozo Blue
Purple Desert Sage * Salvia dorrii
Purple Jerusalem Sage * Phlomis purpurea
Purple Mexican Sage * Salvia leucantha Midnight
Purple Sage * Salvia leucophylla
Red Velvet Sage * Salvia confertiflora
Rocky Mountain Sage * Salvia lanceolata
Rose Leaf Sage * Salvia involucrata
Royal Purple Sage * Salvia muelleri
Russian Sage * Perovskia atriplicifolia
San Diego Sage * Salvia munzii
San Miguel Mountain Sage * Salvia munzii Emerald Cascade
San Takao Sage * Salvia greggii San Takao
Santa Barbara Mexican Sage * Salvia leucantha Santa Barbara
Sapphire Sage * Salvia sinaloensis
Scarlett Sage * Salvia coccinea Lady in Red
Sierra del San Antonio Sage * Salvia jamenisis Sierra del San Antonio
Silver Sage * Salvia argentea
Silver Leaf Sage * Salvia discolor
Sinaloa Sage * Salvia sinaloensis
Skylark Sage * Salvia mellifera Skylark
Swamp Sage * Salvia uliginosa
Tarantula Sage * Salvia involucrata
Tera Seca * Salvia mellifera Tera Seca
Tequila Sage * Salvia gesneriiflora Tequila
Texas Sage * Salvia coccinea Lady in Red
Texas Sage * Salvia greggii
Thistle Sage * Salvia carduacea
Tricolored Culinary Sage * Salvia officinalis Tricolor
Wagner's Sage * Salvia wagnerii
Waverly Sage * Salvia Waverly
White Mischief Mexican Sage * Salvia leucantha White Mischief
White Sage * Salvia apiana
Wild Sage * Salvia muirii
Winnifred Gilman Sage * Salvia clevelandii Winnifred Gilman
Woodland Sage * Salvia nemorosa, Salvia spectabilis
Woodland Sage * Salvia sylvestris May Night
Salvia adenophora * Oaxaca Sage
Salvia africana-lutea * Golden Sage, Beach Sage, Dune Sage
Salvia Allen Chickering * Allen Chickering Sage
Salvia apiana * White Sage, Bee Sage
Salvia argentea * Silver Sage
Salvia aurea * Golden Sage, Beach Sage, Dune Sage
Salvia blepharophylla * Eyelash Leaf Sage
Salvia brandegeei * Brandegee's Sage
Salvia buchananii * Buchanan's Sage
Salvia cacaliaefolia * Ivy Leaf Sage, Blue Vine Sage, Guatamalan Blue Vine Sage
Salvia canariensis * Canary Island Sage
Salvia candelabrum * Candelabra Sage
Salvia carduacea * Thistle Sage
Salvia Celestial Blue * Celestial Blue Sage
Salvia chamaedryoides * Germander Sage
Salvia chamaedryoides Marine Blue * Marine Blue Germander Sage
Salvia chiapensis * Chiapas Sage
Salvia chionopeplica * Baja Sage
Salvia clevelandii * Blue Sage
Salvia coahuilensis * Coahuila Sage
Salvia coccinea Lady in Red * Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage
Salvia columbariae * Chia
Salvia confertiflora * Red Velvet Sage
Salvia Dancing Dolls * Dancing Dolls Autumn Sage
Salvia darcyi * Fiery Sage
Salvia desperado * Desperado Sage
Salvia discolor * Andean Silver Leaf Sage
Salvia dorisiana * Fruit Scented Sage, Peach Sage
Salvia dorrii * Purple Desert Sage
Salvia elegans * Pineapple Sage
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria' * Mealy Sage
Salvia flocculosa Ecuador * Ecuador Sage
Salvia gesneriiflora Tequila * Mexican Scarlet Sage, Tequila Sage
Salvia greggii alba * White Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii Annie * Dark Pink Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii Desert Blaze * Variegated Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii Furman's Red * Red Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii Heatwave Glimmer * Heatwave Glimmer Sage
Salvia greggii La Playa Rosa * Beach Pink Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii San Takao * Pale Pink Autumn Sage
Salvia guaranitica Argentine Skies * Argentine Skies Sage, Anise Scented Sage
Salvia guaranitica Costa Rica Blue * Costa Rica Blue Sage, Anise Scented Sage
Salvia Indigo Spires * Indigo Spires Sage
Salvia involucrata * Rose Leaf Sage, Tarantula Sage
Salvia iodantha * Fuchsia Sage
Salvia jamensis Golden Girl * Golden Girl Sage
Salvia jamensis Sierra de San Antonio * Sierra de San Antonio Sage
Salvia karwinskii * Karwinski's Sage
Salvia lanceolata * Rocky Mountain Sage
Salvia lemmonii * Lemmon's Sage
Salvia leucantha * Mexican Sage
Salvia leucantha Danielle's Dream * Danielle's Dream Mexican Sage
Salvia leucantha midnight * Purple Mexican Sage
Salvia leucantha Santa Barbara * Santa Barbara Mexican Sage
Salvia leucantha White Mischief * White Mischief Mexican Sage
Salvia leucophylla Amethyst Bluff * Amethyst Bluff Purple Sage
Salvia leucophylla Bee's Bliss * Bee's Bliss Purple Sage
Salvia leucophylla Point Sal Spreader * Point Sal Spreader Purple Sage
Salvia lyrata * Meadow Sage, Cancer Weed
Salvia madrensis * Forsythia Sage
Salvia maraschino * Cherry Sage
Salvia melissodora * Grape Scented Sage
Salvia mellifera * Black Sage
Salvia mellifera Green Carpet * Green Carpet Creeping Sage
Salvia mellifera Skylark * Skylark Sage
Salvia mellifera Terra Seca * Dwarf Black Sage
Salvia mexicana limelight * Limelight Mexican Sage
Salvia microphylla * Cherry Sage, Graham's Sage, Delta Leaf Sage, Little Leaf Sage
Salvia microphylla Berzerkeley * Berzerkeley Sage
Salvia microphylla Dark Dancer * Dark Dancer Sage
Salvia microphylla Heatwave Glimmer * Heatwave Glimmer Sage
Salvia microphylla Hotlips * Hotlips Sage
Salvia muelleri * Royal Purple Sage
Salvia muirii * Wild Sage
Salvia munzii * San Diego Sage, Munz's Sage
Salvia munzii Emerald Cascade * San Miguel Mountain Sage, Munz's Sage
Salvia Mystic Spires Blue * Dwarf Indigo Spires Sage
Salvia nemorosa plumosa * Woodland Sage
Salvia officinalis Tricolor * Tricolored Culinary Sage
Salvia patens * Gentian Sage
Salvia Pozo Blue * Pozo Blue Sage
Salvia Purple Majesty * Purple Majesty Sage, Anise Scented Sage
Salvia regla * Mountain Sage
Salvia riparia = Salvia viscosa
Salvia sagittata * Arrow Leaf Sage
Salvia San Takao * Pink Autumn Sage
Salvia sclarea * Clary Sage
Salvia semiatrata * Pine Mountain Sage
Salvia sinaloensis * Sapphire Sage, Sinaloa Sage
Salvia sonomensis Dara's Choice * Dara's Choice Creeping Sage
Salvia sonomensis Green Carpet * Green Carpet Creeping Sage
Salvia sonomensis Mrs Beard * Mrs Beard Creeping Sage
Salvia spathacea * Hummingbird Sage, Pitcher Sage, Crimson Sage
Salvia splendens * Scarlet Sage
Salvia X superba Snow White * Meadow Sage
Salvia sylvestris May Night * Balkan Clary, Woodland Sage, May Night Sage
Salvia Tera Seca * Dwarf Black Sage
Salvia uliginosa * Blue Spike Sage, Swamp Sage, Bog Sage
Salvia urica * Blue Bush Sage
Salvia verticillata Purple Rain * Lilac Sage
Salvia wagneriana * Wagner's Sage
Salvia Waverly * Waverly Sage
Salvia Winnifred Gilman * Winnifred Gilman Sage