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Salvia leucantha: Mexican Bush Sage with Velvety Purple and White Flowers

Salvia leucantha, known as Mexican Bush Sage, is a shrubby perennial native to Mexico. It produces spectacular, velvety purple calyces with white (or purple) corollas on long, arching spikes in fall. The foliage is gray-green and aromatic. It is a late-season star.

Plant Details

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: leucantha

Plant in full sun with well-drained soil. 'Mexican Bush Sage' is drought-tolerant once established. In colder zones, it may be grown as an annual or protected over winter. Prune in spring.

Salvias: Salvia madrensis: Forsythia Sage with Yellow Flowers; Salvia uliginosa: Bog Sage with Sky-Blue Flowers; Salvia mexicana 'Limelight': Mexican Sage with Lime-Green Calyces; Dwarf Mexican Bush Sage 'Santa Barbara' (Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara'); Eyelash-Leaved Sage (Salvia blepharophylla); Snowflake Sage (Salvia chionophylla); Engelmann's Sage (Salvia engelmannii); California Sage (Salvia californica); Salvia napifolia (Turkish Sage); Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha): The Velvety Purple Fall Bloomer

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