Plants by Genus

Introduced by Huntington Gardens. Fast growing shrub with vibrant violet/purple flowers. Does best with regular water although will also perform on limited supply. Dead head spent blooms to encourage reblooming. Performs best with an annual to twice...

A tough, versatile evergreen Salvia native to the Channel Islands, Salvia brandegeei naturally has a sprawling habit, although it can be kept compact if pruned when young. It’s fragrant foliage is dark green and deeply textured and in spring it blooms...

Tolerant of many soil types, provided that watered carefully (heavy soil requires less water than sandy soils).

A strongly variegated cultivar of Salvia greggii. Originally patented, PP #8560 that has since expired. Grows in most ways similar to Salvia greggii. Has bright red flowers that are a bit larger than most S. greggii types typically sold. Good hummingbird...

Tolerant of high elevations, hot summer temperatures, drought (will begin to defoliate), regular water, low maintenance. Best to replace every 3-5 years after plant begins to become woody and does not fill out nicely

Tolerant of high elevations, hot summer temperatures, drought (will begin to defoliate), regular water, low maintenance. Best to replace every 3-5 years after plant begins to become woody and does not fill out nicely

A selection of Mexican Bush Sage with the same eventual size and growth habit as the species but with deep purple flowers. Reblooms continuously from spring through fall. Foliage is a deeply-textured, dark green on top and silver-grey on the bottom that...

A selection of Mexican Bush Sage with the same eventual size and growth habit as the species but with deep purple flowers. Reblooms continuously from spring through fall. Foliage is a deeply-textured, dark green on top and silver-grey on the bottom that...

‘Santa Barbara’ is a smaller, more compact selection of Mexican Bush Sage known for its showy spikes of two-toned white and purple flowers that first emerge in spring and rebloom continuously through fall. Foliage is a deeply-textured, dark green on top...

‘Santa Barbara’ is a smaller, more compact selection of Mexican Bush Sage known for its showy spikes of two-toned white and purple flowers that first emerge in spring and rebloom continuously through fall. Foliage is a deeply-textured, dark green on top...

Mexican Bush Sage is known for its showy spikes of two-toned white and purple flowers that first emerge in spring and rebloom continuously through fall. Foliage is a deeply-textured, dark green on top and silver-grey on the bottom that contrasts...

Mexican Bush Sage is known for its showy spikes of two-toned white and purple flowers that first emerge in spring and rebloom continuously through fall. Foliage is a deeply-textured, dark green on top and silver-grey on the bottom that contrasts...

Careful not to mix with S. leucophylla 'Pt Sal Spreader' - this one grows to 6' tall! Very hardy and tolerant plant.

A more garden-friendly form of our native Black Sage that has a prostrate, spreading form and is more likely to retain its foliage in the summer months than its parent. It is extremely drought tolerant and is useful on slopes and for erosion control. In...