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| Violet Sage Salvia nemorosa |
Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans |
Common Name: Sage, Salvia
Genus: Salvia
Family: Lamiaceae
Serendipity Ranch
Columbus, North Carolina
June 4, 2002
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| Violet Sage Salvia nemorosa |
Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans |
The sages, along with the ornamental grasses, became horticultural stars in the 1980s and 1990s. Botanical gardens and collectors have introduced scores of new species and selections from Mexico, South America, Eurasia, and Africa, along with superior forms of our native species. Some are annual bedding plants, others are border perennials, and still others serve as shrubs or ground covers. Where available at garden centers, many of the tender perennials and shrubs are sometimes grown as annuals in the Upper South. Flowers range from white and yellow through pink to scarlet, and from pale lavender to true blue and dark purple; all are arranged in whorls of two-lipped flowers either distinctly spaced along the flower stalks or so tightly crowded they look like one dense spike. Inflorescences in some species are branched. Many salvias are aromatic, some strongly. Some are sweet scented; others, such as common sage (Salvia offcinalis), have a more savory fragrance. At least 60 species and an additional 40 to 50 selections are grown. Summer - Fall [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z