Salvia leucantha ~ Mexican Bush Sage-ServeScape

Salvia leucantha

Mexican Bush Sage

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**Dormancy Note - This plant may be currently dormant for the fall/winter! It is still available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Mexican Bush Sage is a shrubby evergreen herbaceous perennial with velvety grey-green foliage.  Arching terminal spikes with showy bicolor flowers of white petals and purple funnel-form calyx bloom from late summer until the first frost attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.  Flowers best in full sun and moist well-drained soils.  

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Central America and Mexico

Height: 

2' - 3'

Spread: 

2’ - 3'

Spacing: 

2.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

8 - 10

Culture: 

Full Sun

Bloom Color: 

White+Purple

Season of Interest: 

Summer, Fall 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Watch for scale and whitefly.  Some susceptibility to powdery mildew, leaf spot, and rust.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Rock Gardens,  and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Shasta Daisy, Coneflower, Aster

IMAGE: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, Salvia leucantha (6367467671), CC BY-SA 2.0

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