Botanical Name: Salvia chamaedryoides
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Common Name: Germander Sage  
Plant photo of: Salvia chamaedryoides
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial, Annual

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Blue

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Grey Green, Grey

 

Bark Color

Red

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: El Nativo
  • Description

  • Notes

Germander sage is a mounding perennial native to the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Mexico, and growing about 18 inches tall and 24 inches wide. It has heavily textured grey green foliage and truly blue flowers that rise on spires in early summer and again, to a lesser extent, in the fall.