White Sage
Salvia apiana
Striking silvery-white aromatic foliage sends up tall wands of pale flowers loved by carpenter bees. Sacred to California's Indigenous peoples and built for the driest, leanest sites.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- CA
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