Salvia pachyphylla

Also Known As

Mojave Sage

Plant type

shrub, perennial

size

H: 18"-36"
W: 24"-36"

planting zones

5a-10b

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Salvia pachyphylla plant details

Salvia pachyphylla is a broadleaf evergreen perennial shrub with blue and white foliage. In fall, spring and summer blue and pink flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Attracts beneficial insects and hummingbirds. Grows well with sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Salvia pachyphylla

Plant type: perennial shrub
Plant family: lamiaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue and white
Mature size: 24 IN - 36 IN - wide, 18 IN - 36 IN - tall
Flowers: blue and pink blooms in fall, spring and summer
Uses: fragrant, long-blooming, showy bracts, winter interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Salvia pachyphylla

USDA Zones: 5a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: average, gritty and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Salvia pachyphylla is a large-growing shrubby sage known as giant flowered or Mojave sage that reaches three feet tall and nearly as wide with silver foliage that is evergreen with a pungent fragrance. The mounds are topped with broad, two-toned spikes consisting of lavender-purple flowers emerging from warm purple bracts all summer long. Prune in the fall after flowering. Plant in full sun, in dry, thin soils. Good winter drainage is essential.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

With evergreen, or shall we say evergray, extremely aromatic, spatulate, silver-gray foliage, this tough plant has large blue-violet and red-violet flowers all summer and a larger bloom than most sages. It's a good xeriscape plant, counteracts soil erosion, and is deer-resistant if not deer proof. It looks terrific in winter, even here in Western Oregon, and still looking great after being pounded by wind, rain, snow, ice.... I like its tan, textured, woody "trunklet" and branches. Woody perennial or shrub, 2-3' x 2-3,' mounding. Sharply draining soil is imperative. Minimum temperature: -20 °F

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

Low spreading sub shrubs 12-18 inch tall by up to 5 foot wide, spatulate gray hairy leaves, bright bluish violet flowers with exerted stamens, set between showy rose purple bracts packed in whorls on 6 inch spikes, one of the best shrubby Salvias. ZONE 6

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Maybe the Queen of California Sages, this is surely one of California's loveliestand hardiest. It has intensely aromatic foliage and makes roughly 2' x 3' bushes with rosey pink flowers during the summer. Impeccable drainage - it would grow great in pure sand and full sun for example.

By: Far Reaches Farm

The intensely aromatic, evergreen foliage has great substance. Silver-green leaves set off persistent mauve bracts that surround the flowers. Shrubby perennial. Xeriscape. Well-drained loam or sandy soil. USDA zones 5-10.