Salvia |
Native Perennials
| Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' | ||||
Aromatic and drought-tolerant mounding/spreading groundcover with silvery leaves and a soft blue blossom. 6 feet wide, 2 feet tall. |
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| (10) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Salvia spathacea. | Hummingbird Sage | |||
 This aromatic perennial grows wild along the coast from Orange County to San Francisco, where it thrives on exposed north-facing slopes and in the dry duff under oaks. Creeps from a rhizome, sends up arrow-shaped leaves with the most delicious fragrance of any sage and robust pink blossoms that attract hummingbirds. See the star appearance of Salvia spathacea in the Locals Only story on Bernal Hill. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
Native Shrubs
| Salvia 'Allen Chickering' | Allen Chickering's Sage | |||
The favorite S. clevlandii hybrid of Nevin Smith and other discerning horticulturalists, Allen Chickering grows at least 4 ft. tall by 6 ft. wide with a bounty of blossoms in brilliant blue. |
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| (15) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| Salvia 'Dara's Choice' | cultivar of Sonoma sage | |||
 'Dara's Choice' is likely S. sonomensis x S. clevelandii. Grows with an arching habit to 3 feet high and 6 feet wide, an excellent bloomer. Bright green leaves, striking blue flower. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (10) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Salvia apiana | White Sage | So. Cal. | ||
 Silver foliage with a strong and wonderful scent, small white flowers on dramatic tall stalks. Once prized by native Americans for burning as ceremonial incense in "smudge rituals." |
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| (70) | 1 gram | 1.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 17.00 | ||
| (197) | 1 gram | 5.00 | ||
| Salvia apiana var. compacta | Compact White Sage | So. Cal. | ||
| Silver foliage with a strong and wonderful scent, small white flowers on dramatic tall stalks. Once prized by native Americans for burning as ceremonial incense in "smudge rituals." |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Salvia apiana x mellifera hybrid 'Starlight' | Starlight Sage | SoCal x NorCal hybrid | ||
| This is a smaller version of White Sage. Silver foliage with a strong and wonderful scent, small white flowers on dramatic tall stalks. Once prized by native Americans for burning as ceremonial incense in "smudge rituals." |
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| (14) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (24) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (41) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Salvia brandegei | Brandegee Sage | Santa Rosa Island | ||
 Similar to our local Salvia mellifera (Black Sage) but with smaller green leaves and beautiful blue flowers; also has a very pleasant citrus like sent. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Salvia clevelandii | Cleveland's sage | |||
 An upright evergreen shrub to 3 or 4 feet, with silvery-green leaves and
a showy blue flower display in summer,
this drought-tolerant hummingbird
magnet was named for the western
botanist Daniel Cleveland, not for the
city in Ohio. The wonderful fragrance of its foliage hits you at twenty paces. |
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| (10) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman' | Winifred Gilman Sage | |||
 Handsome, compact clevelandii selection with showy deep violet flowers, reddish stems and a sweet fragrance to about 3 feet high and wide. |
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| (43) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Salvia leucophylla | Purple Sage | Los Angeles | ||
 Nice shrub with silver leaves and deep purple bloom gets about 5' tall and wide. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (29) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
Native Shrubs continued...
| Salvia mellifera | Black sage | |||
 Hardy, wind- and drought-tolerant, this is the Bay Area's local sage from hot inland areas and grows to about 3 feet. |
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| (44) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| (6) | roll | 4.00 | ||
| Salvia mellifera 'Terra Seca' | Black sage | Monterey Co. | ||
| Mounding to 14 inches and trailing over walls to 6 feet with a blue flower. Salvia melifera is the most common Bay Area sage, normally making an upright chaparral shrub with pale flowers - this compact selection with colorful flowers is from the vicinity of Big Sur Lighthouse. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Salvia munzii | Munz's Sage | |||
 Small sage, 2-3 feet tall. From far southern CA, and very drought tolerant! Blue flowers. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Salvia pachyphylla | Rose Sage | |||
Desert species, 3-foot shrub with pinkish purple flowers, great for butterflies & bees. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
Exotic Edible Species
| herb: Salvia officinalis 'Icterina' | 'Icterina' Culinary Sage, herb | |||
Variegated leaf on this culinary sage variety. |
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| (5) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
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