Evergreen perennial/shrub
Pink flowers spring through fall. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Grows well in light shade, more flowers in sun. Deer-resistant.
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Salvia “Maraschino”
S. microphylla x S. greggii
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Vibrant Cherry Red flowers spring through fall. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Grows well in light shade, more flowers in sun. Deer-resistant.
Salvia “Marine Blue”
Evergreen Perennial
Attracts hummingbirds. Low mounding sage with grey-green leaves and tall spikes of dark blue flowers from spring to fall.
Salvia “Mesa Azure”
S. microphylla “Mesa Azure”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Light purple flowers spring through fall. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Grows well in light shade, more flowers in sun. Deer-resistant
Salvia “Orchid Glow”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Fragrant shiny green, oval leaves up to 1 inch. Large purple-magenta flowers bloom summer through fall.
Salvia “Pacific Blue”
S. brandegei “Pacific Blue”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Channel Island native. Heavily branched shrub, narrow green leaves, tiered whorls of dark lavender blue flowers. Long-lived, very drought-tolerant.
Salvia “Playa Rosa”
S. greggii “Playa Rosa”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Semi-woody dwarf salvia will be covered in soft pink blooms in the summer and fall. Best in full sun, with some shade in hotter areas. Attracts bees and butterflies.
Salvia “Point Sal”
S. leucophylla “Point Sal”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Low growing, but wide spreading. Deer resistant, attracts butterflies, fragrant flowers.
Salvia “Pozo Blue”
Evergreen Perennial/Shrub
Fragrant grey-green leaves. Very drought-tolerant. Strongly fragrant lavender blue flowers. A native Butterfly Bush! Deer resistant. Great at coast or inland with alkali soils.
Salvia “Raspberry Delight”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Masses of red raspberry flowers throughout the warm seasons. Needs fast draining soils. Deer resistant.
Salvia “Red Velvet”
S. microphylla “Red Velvet”
Evergreen Perennial
Large Ruby-red flowers spring through fall. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Grows well in light shade, more flowers in sun. Deer-resistant
Salvia “Royal Blue”
Evergreen perennial
Large dark green leaves topped with lots of royal blue flowers all summer long and into the fall. Needs some summer irrigation.
Salvia “Savannah Blue”
Evergreen perennial
S. repens x S. namaensis
Fragrant foliage with delicate blue blooms from summer through fall. Deadhead the flowers through the summer for many more blooms. Forms small mounds of dense foliage. Deer resistant.
Salvia “Syracuse”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Dark Cotton Candy Pink flowers spring through fall. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Grows well in light shade, more flowers in sun. Deer-resistant
Salvia “Ultra Violet”
S. lycioides x S. greggii
Fragrant foliage with showy set of vibrant purple blooms from late spring through fall. Deadhead the flowers thru the summer for many more blooms. Deer resistant.
Salvia “Violin Music”
S. greggii “Violin Music”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Semi-woody dwarf salvia will bloom violet summer through into winter. Best in full sun, except in hotter areas.
Salvia apiana
Evergreen perennial
Likes dry slopes. Low mounding sage with soft white leaves. Can grow 5ft. tall bloom spikes with hundreds of flowers. Ceremonial uses, was burned in sweat lodges.
Salvia argentea
Evergreen perennial
Low mounding perennial with short broad leaves, fuzzy and white. Tall white blooms develop in summer atop 2 foot tall stems.
Salvia chamaedryoides
Evergreen perennial
Low mounding sage with soft green leaves and year-round tall blue bloom spikes.
Salvia elegans
Evergreen perennial
Mounding sage with soft green pineapple-scented leaves. Scarlet red flowers. Easy to grow. Boil leaves for a tea, or add fresh as a garnish.
Salvia greggii
Evergreen Perennial
Semi-woody dwarf salvia. Bright pink flowers in spring through winter. Best in full sun at coast, afternoon shade inland.
Salvia greggii “Red”
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Semi-woody dwarf salvia will bloom bright red through into winter. Best in full sun, except in hotter areas.
Salvia leucophylla
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Fuzzy white leaves and light purple flowers make this a standout. Deer resistant, attracts butterflies, fragrant flowers.
Salvia mellifera
Evergreen perennial
A common sage in California coastal scrub communities as far north as the San Francisco. Very aromatic. Tight whorls of lavender blossoms.
Salvia microphylla
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Red flowers spring through fall. Small leaves. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Grows well in light shade, more flowers in sun. Deer-resistant.
Salvia microphylla “Yachats”
PPAF
Evergreen perennial/shrub
Beautiful light purple flowers spring through fall. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Grows well in light shade, more flowers in sun. Compact form suitable for containers. Deer-resistant.
Salvia muirii
Evergreen Perennial
Short, woody shrub with small semi-folded leaves that release a subtle camphor fragrance when crushed. Flowers of violet-blue with white appear late spring through early fall. Great coastal plant
Salvia munzii
Evergreen perennial
Small shrubs with tight whorls of light lavender to blue blossoms. Will go dormant in Fall if kept dry. Does well in containers. Mixes well with Monkeyflowers.
Salvia sonomensis
Evergreen perennial groundcover
Creeping sage spreads wide. Bright grey leaves with violet flowers. Ideal groundcover for steep hillsides.
Salvia spathacea
Evergreen Perennial
A low growing sage with soft green arrow-shaped leaves that have a sweet fragrance. Bloom spikes with hundreds of pink flowers Spring through Summer.