Popular California Sages
Well actually just one popular California Sage, a useful and pretty sage, a Lavender Sage.
How useful? You can use the dried leaves for cooking or for tea, or you could leave the whole plant in place in your garden and have a pretty and fragrant garden plant. Or all three! It’s that popular.
Salvia “Allen Chickering”
Lavender Sage
California Native
Evergreen perennial
Sun: Full Sun
Water: Low
Size: 4 to 6 ft.
Fragrant leaves make a nice tea. Lavender flower whorls make this a Bay Area garden favorite. Deer resistant, attracts butterflies, fragrant flowers. Hardy to 20.