Joshua Siskin, who writes about gardening in Southern California, explores the many advantages of Salvia plants.
Its large, rainbow-colored obovate foliage — scarlet, gold, and bluish-green — makes a dramatic statement. Added to the delight of having it glow in your garden is its disdain for water since it is a drought-tolerant succulent plant. is native to South Africa. Although thriving in all-day sun in South Africa, it performs best in Southern California in half-day sun.
May is the month that Salvias, commonly known as sages, burst into bloom. I am fortunate that one of my neighbors grows what many, including me, consider to be the most stunningly beautiful in this group of plants, which numbers over 900 annuals, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs. This neighborhood Salvia is known as Amistad, or Friendship sage, a variety of Salvia guaranitica.
Gary Hammer, the legendary nurseryman who traveled the globe in search of plants suitable for our climate, had at least 33 different sages , mostly with shiny green leaves. Many of these are native to the state of Monterey, in Northern Mexico. “There are lots of plants that flower most of the year that come from this part of Mexico,” Hammer explained in an interview with him years ago.
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