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    Salvia argentea

    Also Known As

    • Silver Sage

    Plant type

    perennial, annual / biennial

    size

    • H: 3'
    • W: 3'

    planting zones

    • 5a-11

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    Salvia argentea plant details

    Salvia argentea is a broadleaf semi-evergreen annual / biennial or perennial with blue foliage. In summer white flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Attracts bees, beneficial insects and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in alkaline, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Salvia argentea

    Plant type: annual / biennial or perennial
    Plant family: lamiaceae
    Foliage: semi-evergreen blue
    Mature size: 3 FT wide, 3 FT tall
    Flowers: white blooms in summer
    Uses: big leaves, border plant, container plant, cottage garden, cutting garden, floriferous, fragrant foliage, long-blooming, showy, textural, xeric

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Salvia argentea

    USDA Zones: 5a - 11
    Sun exposure: sun
    Watering frequency: regular - low
    Resistant to: heat
    Soil needs: alkaline, rich and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    Densely silkily shaggily silver-haired, the 5-6"leaves of this beautiful foliage plant form a large, showy silver-white rosette topped in summer by 2-3' stalks of creamy flowers; short-lived but can reseed. S/D/GDr

    By: Forestfarm

    Silver sage (Salvia argentea) is a clump-forming biennial or short-lived perennial that is so worth it for the large, wooly, silver foliage. In its second year it produces branched flowering stems with large, white, hooked sage flowers. Plants may reseed to continue your population. Though silver sage is a biennial it is beautiful and novel and well worth growing. Great for kids.

    By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

    This bold Mediterranean native serves up a remarkable portion of eye catching appeal on its almost platter-sized, soft and silky white, felted foliage. Emerging in a dramatic basal clump, new leaves are crinkled, but flatten as they grow, while their margins retain a sinuous wave. A spectacular showing of dramatic 2 to 3 ft. candelabralike stems are decorated in small, white, hooded flowers, each with a slight tinge of pink and a subtle grayish calyx. After the bloom, leaves transmute to a pale gray-green, and when cooler weather returns, they turn silvery once again. Positively show-stopping along a dry wall, or in the herb garden with Lavender and Rosmarinus 'Maltese White', Salvia argentea demands well drained soil, tolerates drought, and will live longer if spent flower stalks are attentively removed.

    By: Digging Dog Nursery

    Huge flat rosettes of incredibly fuzzy Lambs Ear foliage, it sends up a spectacular branching candelabrum of white flowers. Individual rosettes go monocarpic after flowering but in can be induced to produce offsets that will live on and flower in a year or two; ad infinitum.

    By: Arrowhead Alpines

    Remarkable for its large felty silver leaves that look fabulous in contrast with fine textured grasses and petite flowers. Easy to grow in well-drained soils, the leaf rosettes send up many-branched trusses of white flowers the second year.

    By: Select Seeds

    Bold furry silver foliage plants the first year make this a surprising accent for sunny pots. Salvia argentea is a biennial and will bloom if set out in the garden during it's second season, with spikes of white salvia flowers.

    By: Avant Gardens

    This is a superlative foliage plant with elephant ear leaves covered with long, silky white hairs. The white, helmet-shaped flowers are produced on candelabra-like stems in early summer. This is a dramatic accent plant for the water-smart garden or perennial border, originating in the eastern Mediterranean region. Perennial. Xeriscape. Easy in almost any good soil. USDA zones 4a-10 (up to 8,000').

    By: Plant Select®

    Silver Sage. Leaves so silken soft that you want to line your slippers with them. Fabulous big rosette of shimmering foliage the first year and then a branched flower stem with lots of white flowers. Usually biennial, we've had it keep going for 4 years now. Easy from seed. Good drainage.

    By: Far Reaches Farm

    A stunning drought tolerant visual & textural accent, “Silver Sage” is also quite cuddly, as its large, wavy leaves are garbed in soft downy fuzz. Forming a large low rosette to 3' across, place it right up front in your garden where everyone will be able to notice it & touch it & where it will receive the excellent drainage it requires. Dramatic & showy 3' or taller candelabra stems bearing white hooded flowers appear in Summer, but do remove before they go to seed to give extra years of life to this unusual Sage.

    By: Annie's Annuals & Perennials

    Gardening facts about Salvia argentea plant

    How to Grow Salvia argentea

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun

    • Water Needs

      • regular - drought tolerant

    • Soil Needs

      • alkaline
      • well-drained
      • rich

    • Special Situation

      • heat tolerant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • blue

    • Flower Color

      • white

    • Wildlife

      • beneficial insects
      • bees
      • hummingbirds

    • Flower Season

      • summer

    • Foliage Season

      • semi-evergreen

    • Texture

      • fuzzy

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