Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor' ~ Tricolor Culinary Sage-ServeScape

Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor'

Tricolor Culinary 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.

Tricolor Culinary Sage is a compact shrubby herbaceous perennial with strongly aromatic wrinkled foliage that is marbled grey green and purple with irregular white edges.  Short upright spikes holding small two-lipped lavender blue flowers bloom in late spring.  Flowers best in full sun and average well-drained soils.  Drought tolerant.  The foliage is edible and can be used in cooking fresh or dried.

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

Northern Mediterranean

Height: 

1' - 1.5'

Spread: 

1’ - 1.5'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

6 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun

Bloom Color: 

Blue

Season of Interest: 

Spring

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Watch for scale and whitefly.  Some susceptibility root rot in consistently moist or wet soils.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Blanket Flower, Black-Eyed Susan, Fescue

IMAGE: Salicyna, Salvia officinalis Tricolor 2017-10-02 6980, CC BY-SA 4.0

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