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Purple sage (Salvia leucophylla) is a fast-growing evergreen shrub that can become a mounding form up to five feet tall, or a spreading form up to 10 feet wide and only 2 feet tall, which makes a great ground cover. The leaves are gray green and in spring and summer large spikes bear whorls of purple flowers with a strong scent.
Purple sage grows in full sun and is amazingly drought-tolerant but can take light water up to twice per month in the summer, which will keep it looking a little greener. Though it prefers well-draining soil, it is tough and easy to grow.
The highly aromatic flowers attract a variety of birds and insects, with several butterflies and moths hosted.
Shrub
2 - 5 ft Tall
3 - 10 ft Wide
Mounding, Rounded, Spreading
Fast
Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Pleasant
Purple, Lavender, Pink
Spring, Summer
Bank stabilization, Groundcover, Hedge
Full Sun
Extremely Low, Very Low
Max 2x / month once established
Easy
Tolerates cold to 0 - 10° F
Fast, Medium
Variable.
Soil PH: 5 - 8
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
8, 9, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Dry open slopes
Coastal Sage Scrub
Cleveland Sage (Salvia clevelandii), California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. fasciculatum), Lemonade Berry (Rhus integrifolia)
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Likely
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Confirmed
Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii
Yellow Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
Onions
Allium cepa
Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
Canola
Brassica napus
Peppers
Capsicum annuum