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Salvia guaranitica 'Omaha Gold'  -   Anise Scented SageSalvia Hardiness

One of the tricks we've found with Salvias, particularly the ones with hollow stems, is that they survive winter better if they aren't cut back until spring.  I suppose the hollow stems just funnel rainwater right down deep in the crown.   Possibly it's also that the stems will catch and hold blowing leaves and give them some extra cover.  (The first year I married my husband, I unknowingly cut back one of the hollow stem Salvias and had to put duct tape over each of about 75 stems to keep the water out!)  :-)  Also, laying wide flat rocks over the roots can give them extra warmth and prevent heaving if it's a new planting.  Please note:  Although were in Zone 7, we do list all of our Salvias here even some not hardy here in zone 7.  We have found many Salvias, originally listed as not hardy for us, turned out to be hardy especially the S. greggiis when planted early in the season.  So there are some Zone 8 Salvias listed below.    (Salvias above left are yellow S. glutinosa, blue S. guarinitica 'Black and Blue' and purple Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' -- a few basic necessities!)

 
  We've listed all Salvias as Deer-Resistant even though many of our unusual ones don't show up on list but due to their pungent aroma or scratchy leaves or whatever that deer don't like, we've never found Salvias to be bothered by deer in our high deer population gardens.  

$7.99 Qt. 

 

Salvia azurea 'Nekan'     Azure Sage Nekan       Zone: 4-9        

A superb selection of this native with showy sky blue flower spikes to 4' in late summer thru fall.  It differs from the species in having hairy stems, larger flowers than the species and is more robust than the species. ‘Nekan’ (abbreviation of Nebraska and Kansas) is a seed strain that was found growing in the wild in an area north of Lincoln, Nebraska. It features whorls of 2-lipped, sky blue flowers in spikes atop stiff stems with linear grayish-green leaves.  

Soil: Well-drained    H: 24-48" W: 24-36"    B/M: Sky blue/8-10 

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

New 2008

$7.99 Qt. 

Salvia azurea 'Grandiflora'     Azure or Wild Blue Sage    Zone: 4-9           

A classic garden sage.  Showy Azure blue flowers spikes to 60" tall in late summer thru fall and even the first few frosts. It features whorls of 2-lipped, sky blue flowers in spikes atop stiff stems with linear grayish-green leaves. While quite tall, they can be pinched back several times in summer for a more compact plant.  One of the most hardy Salvias.  'Grandiflora' is a natural form the specias with larger blooms than the species. Drought-resistant   Will take some shade but will probably need staking.

Soil: Well-drained    H: 36-60" W: 36-48"    B/M: Azure blue/8-10 

US Native Plants

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

New 7/4

$7.99 Qt. 

Salvia azurea 'September Snow'      White Azure or Wild Blue Sage    Zone: 4-9           

The very, very, very rare white form of 'Azure Sage'.  Yup, it's a contradiction in terms for sure!   With light gray stems and leaves, blooming in September and October. Cutting back in July results in shorter and more floriferous fall display.

Soil: Well-drained    H: 48-60" W: 36-48"    B/M: White/9-10 

US Native Plants

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

 

$8.99 Qt.

Salvia 'California Sunset'  California Sunset Sage        Zone: 7-9    

Introduced by famed Plant Delights Nursery, this S. greggii x S. jamensis hybrid (most likely) has luscious peachy-orange tubular blooms in late summer and autumn in Zone 7 where it will need a protected spot.  South of 7, it will bloom spring and fall and over winter reliably in well-drained soil.

Soil: Well-drained      H: 24-36"  W: 48"    B/M: Peach/Summer-Fall

Hybrid of US Natives

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

What you're saying...

"Your selection of Salvias and plants are fantastic. And when they arrived, we could not believe the size and quality of the plants. You are now our favorite nursery and we'll be ordering again............very soon."

Steve & Kellie,  Oakland, NJ

 

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia chamaedryoides      Germander or Blue Oak or Mexican Blue Sage           Zone 6B-10         

Very drought tolerant. A symphony of iridescent, felted, gray-silver leaves tipped with profuse periwinkle blue blossoms throughout the summer. Most books list this as tender but they're wrong. It's been in our Zone 6B garden for years. Self-seeds a polite amount.  This is truly a fabulous Sage.  If you look at the Common Names above you'll know why we don't list by Common Names!  This one has at least three.

Soil:  Well-drained   H: 18-24"  W: 24"    B/M: Intense blue/ 6-9

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia cleistogama     Closed Sage    Zone: 5-9    

Sold originally as "Mystery Salvia"!  We now know what it is -- it dates back to 1867. The name means 'closed' -- self-pollination occurs because the blooms do not open. Rarely offered and tough to find in reference books! An enormous grower -- I love it! Hardy.   We introduced this delight to the Internet Trade on 8-30-05 and folks have been lovin' it ever since!

Soil: Well-drained    H: 48" W:    B/M: Creamy yellow/7 

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia coahuilensis    Indigo Purple Autumn Sage       Zone (7)8-11   

Glossy green leaves, similar to S. greggii. Sprawls a bit. Produces viable seed, so look for babies near the Mama even though this is a somewhat tender plant! The seed will often germinate. Blooms from June until frost w/ an intense indigo-blue sky blue plus red if you were mixing paint!). Prune hard in spring, bring outside & wait for the hummers to come!

Soil:  Well-drained    H:24-36"  W:  24-36"     B/M:  Indigo Blue/ 6-10

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

New 3/21

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia coccinea 'Bi-Color'    Pink and White Texas Sage   Zone: 7-10   

Annual herb which readily self-seeds to maintain its presence in your garden. Ours self-seeded every year in the driveway gravel! Then we moved the pot! Easily started from seed, so save some at the end of the season. Makes a huge plant in one season and blooms continuously once it's starts in mid-summer.

Soil:  Well-drained, neutral    H:  36"  W:  10-12"     B/M:  Pink and white/6-9

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia darcyi       Hardy Mexican Sage     Zone: 7-10      

Possibly S. schaffneri.  Its upright, spreading branches can reach 4’ w/ support and has softly hairy light green leaves. Long terminal spikes of narrow, bright, rich red flowers appear from early spring through fall. Winter dormant but a busy guy in summer with some of the BIGGEST BLOOMS in the genus. Forms colonies by underground runners.  Hairy foliage and aroma indicate that it will probably be xeric.

Soil: Well-drained    H: 30"  W: 36"   B/M: Rich red/5-10 

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia elegans   Pineapple Sage                   Zone:  7-10

A huge sage that spreads by runners and just be the center of a late summer, early fall garden in warmer areas.  Occasionally we can get it to over winter in our 6B-cold7 gardens but usually not.

Soil:  Well-drained   H: 24"   W:  24"   B/M:  Red/8-10

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99Qt.  

Salvia forskaohlei ( S. forskahlei, S. forsskaolii)     Balkan Sage         Zone: 4-9   

Large rough leaves make low rosettes; flowers are on 40" stalks. Blue purple flowers with white throats are set in subtly ruby colored calyces in vegetatively propagated strain. Perennial, seeds a bit. Spikes with whorls of distinctive two-lipped flowers with obvious white and yellow guidelines in the throat. Blooms spring to Fall. CHOICE & NEW!  S.E. Europe, W. Asia.

Soil: Well-drained    H: 24" W: 24"    B/M: Violet w/ white/5-10 

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$8.99 Qt.  

Salvia glutinosa    Yellow Flowered Sage    Zone: 5-10    

AKA, Jupiter's Distaff, because the stems are used in spinning. From Europe, the Alps and West Asia, this salvia features flowers that are yellow flecked with brown and 1 1/2" across. Leaves to 5" are used as a flavoring. A big, bold, HARDY salvia. Can take more moisture than most salvias. 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 40"  W: 26"   B/M: Yellow/7-10

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

Salvia greggii and Hummingbird MothAbout the hardiness of Salvia greggii.  HARDY TO ZONE 7!

We still see sources who list these plants as Zone 8 as the lower limit of hardiness.  It simply isn't true.  We've had many of them in our 7A closer to 6B) garden for years.  We do give them superb drainage but as of this writing we have had Raspberry Royal, Furman's Red, Yellow Cloud, Variegata, White and Watermelon for multiple years including last year which was bitter probably closer to a 6B winter and we have no consistent snow cover.  'Desert Blaze' did die back almost to the ground but then collected her beautiful self and just started over and is a lovely 24" by 24" now blooming furiously, like the rest, in late October after starting in July.

We are absolutely wild over these plants.  Stunning and easy with sun and good drainage.

And sure -- they'll attract Hummingbirds -- but they'll also attract the exquisite Hummingbird Moth shown at the left!

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Alba'   White Autumn Sage    Zone: 7-10   

Evergreen, erect sub-shrub with white blooms. Hardy in Zone 7 with well-drained soil. Do not cut salvias back in the Fall -- those that have hollow stems do not survive the winter as well. The 'Greggii's' --Fall Blooming Salvias - are a wonderful group of shrub-like perennials. The white one MUST have full sun. 

Soil: Well-drained     H: 24-36" W: 24-36"    B/M: White/6-10

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Desert Blaze'      Variegated Autumn Sage     Zone: 7-10   

New from our great friends at Weird Dude's Plant Zoo!  Evergreen, erect sub-shrub with very clear red blooms and VARIEGATED foliage. Pretty all summer & stunning in bloom. Hardy in Zone 7 with well-drained soil. Do not cut salvias back in the Fall -- those that have hollow stems do not survive the winter as well. 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 18-24" W: 18-20"    B/M: Red/6-10

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Diana'     Diana Autumn Sage    Zone: 7-10    

A shorter Autumn Sage with a glowing purple bloom with undertones of fuchsia.  Quite a color and really difficult to describe.  Very new and hard to find in the trade.

Soil: Well-drained    H: 12-18" W: 12-18"    B/M: Purple/6-10

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.

Salvia greggii 'Flame'      Autumn Sage           Zone: 7-10  

Well, there's red and then there's RED.  

With all the great qualities of all Salvia greggii's but with really, honest and truly True Red blooms.

Soil: Well-drained     H:18-24" W:18-24"      B/M: Red/7-10

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Furman's Red'      Furman's Red Autumn Sage    Zone: 7-10   

 Evergreen, erect sub-shrub with fire-engine red blooms. This color is rare in a Perennial.  Hardy in Zone 7 with well-drained soil. The 'Greggii's' --Fall Blooming Salvias - are a wonderful group of shrub-like perennials. Best in full sun. Very long blooming, they start in summer and continue thru Fall. 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 18-24"W: 18-24"    B/M: Red/6-10

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Lipstick'     Lipstick Autumn Sage      Zone: 7-10    

Evergreen, erect sub-shrub with rosy red blooms. Hardy in Zone 7 with well-drained soil. The 'Greggii's' --Fall Blooming Salvias - are a wonderful group of shrub-like perennials. Best in full sun. Very long blooming, they start in summer and continue thru Fall. 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 18-24" W: 18-20"    B/M: Red/6-10 

US Native Plant Select Form

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Purple'      Purple Autumn Sage    Zone: 7-10    

Evergreen, erect sub-shrub with purple blooms. Hardy in Zone 7 with well-drained soil. The 'Greggii's' --Fall Blooming Salvias - are a wonderful group of shrub-like perennials. Best in full sun. Very long blooming, they start in summer and continue thru Fall. 

Soil: Well-drained    H:18-24" W:18-24"     B/M: Purple/6-10

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Watermelon'     Watermelon Autumn Sage    Zone: 7-10   

Evergreen, erect sub-shrub with watermelon red blooms. Hardy in Zone 7 with well-drained soil. The 'Greggii's' --Fall Blooming Salvias - are a wonderful group of shrub-like perennials. Best in full sun. Very long blooming, they start in summer and continue thru Fall. 

Soil: Well-drained     H: 18-24" W: 18-20"    B/M: Watermelon red/6-10 

US Native Plant Select Form

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii x lemmonii 'Raspberry Royal'    Raspberry Royal Autumn Sage     Zone: 7-10   

Evergreen, erect sub-shrub with very rich purple-red color. Hardy in Zone 7 with well-drained soil.

The 'Greggii's' --Fall Blooming Salvias - are a wonderful group of shrub-like perennials. A Richard F. Dufresne hybrid w/ dense blooms & hardier than most. 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 18-24" W: 18-20"   B/M: Purple-red/6-10 

US Native Plant Select Form

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia greggii 'Yellow Cloud'     Yellow Cloud Autumn Sage     Zone: 7-10  

The sizeable, showy flowers appear on top of compact plants with clear green foliage. Drought tolerant and able to take high humidity. Not listed as hardy here but don't tell our plant in our Zone 6B garden which has been there for 2 winters! DONT' CUT BACK TIL SPRING! 

Soil: Rich, well-drained    H: 18-24" W: 18-20"    B/M: Yellow/6-10 

US Native Plant Select Form

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

What you're saying about us...

Regarding a Salvia Order:  "We got them today. Thanks!! They are the best. The most amazing!  You are now in the top 3 nurseries, you're #1!"                                                                                                     Steve in Oakland, NJ

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$8.49 Qt.  

Salvia guaranitica 'Black & Blue'   Anise Scented Sage    Zone: 7-10  

Named for her deep Cobalt Blue flowers with a Black calyx and forming an imposing and gorgeous 3 foot wide and tall stunner in your garden blooming from July thru Frost.  And forget what you've heard about Hummingbirds loving red blooms best.  The 'Black and Blue' at our back door is rarely without a 'Hummer'.  More compact than other forms.

Soil: Superbly drained     H: 3.5'  W: 3'     B/M: Deep Cobalt Blue/7-10 

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia guaranitica 'Omaha Gold'     Anise Scented Sage     Zone: 7b-10  

This variegated Salvia can be the backbone of a perennial garden. It will grow to 5' in a season w/ support. Hardy to about 10 degrees - Zone 7.  Place in superbly drained soil, cover w/ pine bows, big rocks ask how). Or just replant each year. Since it blooms all summer, gets Huge and is fairly inexpensive. CHOICE! 

Soil: Superbly drained     H: 5-6'  W: 36"    B/M: Blue/6-10 

US Native Plant Select Form

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

What you're saying about us...

"I wanted to let you know that the plants arrived yesterday and all found their new homes in the ground today. They arrived in beautiful shape--that was the best packing job I've ever seen on mail-order plants. Thanks for that and also for all the stakes, several of which also found homes in various places around the yard. This is the first time I've ordered from you but it's easy to see why you are so highly rated at Dave's Garden. You can bet that I'll be back again."

Denise, Bowling Green, KY. 09-06

Note:  The stakes Denise is referring to are two small bamboo stakes that are in each plant.  Many customers leave them with the plants to remind them of the newly planted plants for watering purposes, etc., and one clever customer uses them with the plants to keep his dog from laying on the new plants!  :-)

 

$8.49 Qt. 

Salvia koyamae    Yellow Ground Cover Sage   Z: 4B-10    

A stunning, slowly spreading groundcover Salvia for SHADE!  Large, gorgeous leaves, some of the largest in the genus, covered by yellow blooms in Fall.  From Japan, this Salvia will grow in the sun but loves light to part shade.  Fabulous in mass.  C

Soil: Well-drained     H:12"  W: Slowly Indefinite    B/M: Yellow/9-10

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Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt. 

Salvia lavandulifolia     Spanish Sage    Z: (6)7-11   

Photo link from our supplier opens in it's own window.  Silver foliage, 12-18", with light LAVENDER FRAGRANCE, blue to violet-blue flowers. In Spain this is the only sage used in cooking. It has smaller leaves and stronger aroma  than garden sage. The oil is distilled and harvested commercially. It is also used as an anti-diabetic throughout Spain. Studies confirm that it is effective for blood sugar, lowering without affecting insulin levels.

Soil:  Well-drained, limey   H: 18-24"  W:18-24"     B/M:   Blue/7

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia leucantha   Mexican Bush or Velvet Sage    Zone: 7B-10   

Good in pots or in the garden. Velvety flowers in long spires above matching silver leaves. Flowers dry well. And when they're blooming they're gorgeous with fuzzy lavender calyces & white blooms. Somewhat TENDER -- but hardy in Zones 7B-10.  Deer resistant.  ONE OF THE MOST ORNAMENTAL of all Salvias.  Evergreen in warm areas.

Soil: Well-drained     H:48"   W: 18"      B/M: Furry White and Lavender/Mid-summer thru Frost

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$8.99 Qt.  

Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' PP12949  Dwarf Mexican or Velvet Sage  Zone:  7B-10 

A hardier form of Mexican bush sage! Wow! Compact and dense form of the fall blooming S. leucantha. Beautiful purple flower scapes look like they're made from velvet. Silvery-gray foliage. Drought tolerant. Needs well-drained soil.  One of our favorite Internet writers, Paghat has a great article on this plant and in particular it's stupendous performance in Pughat Sound where it's dormant in Spring and blooms almost all winter!  This compact was found in the Santa Barbara garden of Kathy Ann Brown.

Soil:  Well-drained   H: 24"(30"IB)  W: 36-40"      B/M: Purple/9-10

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$8.99 Qt.

Salvia leucantha 'Variegata'    Mexican Bush or Velvet Sage       Zone: 7B-10 

As above but with fabulous variegated foliage.

Soil: Well-drained     H:48"   W: 18"      B/M: Furry White and Lavender/Mid-summer thru Frost

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia microphylla 'Hoja Grande'  Little Leaf Sage    Zone: 7-10    

Grows as an evergreen shrubby perennial. Slender spikes of small flowers with dark calyces with heavy waves in spring and fall.   Small, dark green, glossy leaves give it a relatively formal appearance. Initially very open, it becomes more compact with age or pruning back and eventually looks like a smaller, neater, more delicate S. greggii. Average watering.   And it will take Part Shade!

Soil: Well-drained    H: 24-48" W: 24-48"    B/M:  Magenta/Spring and Fall

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

 

Salvia microphylla 'Orange Door'     Orange Door Little Leaf Sage   Zone: 7-10      

S. microphylla is a term for a complex groups of hybrids between S. greggii, S. muelleri and S. coahuilensis.  Our S. microphylla 'San Carlos Festival' has made it thru 2 winters, the last of which was very hard, so some, at least are hardy in Zone 7.  We need more research or need to grow it over the winter in the garden to see.

Soil:  Well-drained  H: 24-36"  W: 24-36"   B/M:  Rosy orange/Spring and Fall

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

$7.99 Qt.  

Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'    San Carlos Festival Little Leaf Sage     Zone: 7-10   

Grows as an evergreen shrubby perennial. Slender spikes of small flowers with dark calyces w/ heavy waves in spring & fall. Small, dark green, glossy leaves give it a relatively formal appearance. Initially very open, it becomes more compact with age or pruning back and eventually looks like a smaller, neater, more delicate S. greggii. Average watering.   And it will take Part Shade!

Soil: Well-drained    H: 24" W: 36"    B/M: Red-violet/Spring and Fall 

Deer Resistant

Attracts Butterflies

 

About Zones for Salvia nemorosa cultivars because nobody seems to agree.  Kemper Center at Missouri Botanical garden says Zone 4-8.  The USDA shows them naturalized all along the Canadian Border including North Dakota and Wisconsin, Walter's Gardens says 3-8,  Northcreek says 4-9,  Oregon State 5-9.  So with a fair amount of information we say (3)4-9.  Anytime we put a zone in parenthesis it means well worth a try in a protected spot.

 

$7.49 Qt.  

Salvia nemorosa 'Blauhugel'      Blue Hill Sage    Zone: (3)4-9   

Neat, clump forming perennial. Has narrowly oval, rough, green leaves and, in summer, branching racemes densely set with sky blue flowers. This beauty is an introduction from Germany by the Pagel Nursery and ONE OF THE BEST NEW PERENNIALS! AKA Blue Mound Sage. 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 20" W: 18"    B/M: Sky blue/6-10