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Salvia argentea: Silver Sage with Dramatic Foliage

Salvia argentea, known as Silver Sage or Silver Clary, is a biennial or short-lived perennial grown primarily for its spectacular foliage. It forms a large rosette of huge, woolly, silver-white leaves. In its second year, it sends up a tall spike of white flowers with pinkish calyces.

Plant Details

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: argentea
Synonyms: Salvia alpestris, S. atlantica, S. aurasiaca, S. patula, S. rhodopea

Plant in full sun with excellent drainage. 'Silver Sage' is grown for its foliage; remove flower spikes to prolong the rosette. It self-sows if allowed to flower.

Salvias: Salvia elegans: Pineapple Sage with Fragrant Foliage and Red Flowers; Salvia officinalis: Common Sage, the Culinary Herb; Salvia mexicana: Mexican Sage with Blue Flowers and Green Calyces; Salvia sclarea: Clary Sage with Large Bracts and Aromatic Foliage; Salvia viridis: Clary Sage with Colorful Bracts (Painted Sage); Woodland Sage (Salvia nemorosa); Wild Clary Sage (Salvia verbenaca); Salvia nutans (Nodding Sage); Salvia staminea (Iranian Sage); Salvia mexicana: The Towering Mexican Sage

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