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Family: Lamiaceae (lay-mee-AY-see-ay) (Info)
Genus: Salvia (SAL-vee-uh) (Info)
Species: clevelandii (kleev-LAN-dee-eye) (Info)
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11 members have or want this plant for trade. Category:
Herbs
Perennials
Height:
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
Spacing:
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Danger:
N/A
Bloom Color:
Medium Blue
Blue-Violet
White/Near White
Bloom Time:
Late Spring/Early Summer
Foliage:
Evergreen
Aromatic
Other details:
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Flowers are fragrant
Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
Propagation Methods:
From herbaceous stem cuttings
Seed Collecting:
Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds
Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
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Profile:5 positives
1 neutral
No negatives
Gardeners' Notes:
| Rating |
Author |
Comment |
| Neutral |
gardener_mick |
On Mar 17, 2001, gardener_mick from Wentworth, SD
(Zone 4a) wrote:Salvia clevelandii is an evergreen perennial sub-shrub with wrinkled 1" leaves on downy stems. Hardy to zones 9-10, flowers from spring to summer with violet or white blooms over gray-green foliage. Provide light sun, well-drained soil. |
| Positive |
lunavox |
On Jul 8, 2003, lunavox from Seattle, WA
(Zone 8b) wrote:This sage grew to a nice size over a couple of years in the somewhat dry, clay-ish soil at my old house.
I enjoy salvias in general, but this one is special to me because of the strange looking flowers. They look like double-tiered flying saucers. |
| Positive |
noxiousweed |
On Nov 12, 2003, noxiousweed from El Sobrante, CA
(Zone 9b) wrote:I love the unique bloom of this salvia. It was given as a housewarming gift and we were told to keep the blooms once they're spent, dry them, and burn them for incense. It handled much neglect in its gallon-container until we could get to it. Great xeriscaping plant. |
| Positive |
Flit |
On Dec 31, 2003, Flit from Santa Cruz, CA
(Zone 9b) wrote:I am growing the "Alan Chickering" cultivar of this sage.
When it blooms it gets to six feet in a showy display of the pagoda-tiered blooms, and it smells amazingly fragrant. Bees and hummingbirds love the nectar. It's a wonderful culinary sage, but it's important to go easy with it, since it's very strong.
It was one of the first plants I planted, and it survived a period where I couldn't water at all during a hot summer, so I give it high marks for xeriscaping. It needs pruning or it just gets bigger and bigger; we prune it back in the winter. |
| Positive |
ladyannne |
On Apr 1, 2004, ladyannne from Merced, CA
(Zone 9a) wrote:This is one of the garden's precious plants. I have managed to grow more from the seeds this year. We use the leaves for incense. It is sold on our area as Mountain sage. |
| Positive |
Joy |
On Jun 8, 2006, Joy from Kalama, WA
(Zone 8b) wrote:Although Salvia clevelandii is suppose to be hardy for zones 9 + it has grown in my zone 8 garden for over 8 years. |
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Regional...This plant has been said to grow in the following regions: Phoenix, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Castro Valley, California
El Sobrante, California
Elk Grove, California
Fallbrook, California
Jacumba, California
La Mesa, California
Merced, California
Palm Springs, California
San Diego, California (2 reports)
San Francisco, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Cruz, California
Spring Valley, California
Tracy, California
Henderson, Nevada
Houston, Texas
Kalama, Washington
Seattle, Washington
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