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Judean Sage

Salvia judaica

Judean Sage
Photo: Gideon Pisanty (Gidip) גדעון פיזנטי, CC BY 3.0

Judean sage (Salvia judaica) is a small perennial in the mint family from the eastern Mediterranean, grown for its violet spring flowers. It needs full sun and excellent drainage to thrive.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil; tolerates poor, rocky soil.
Temperature
10–35 °C; tolerates light frost once established, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Syria to Israel
Climate
subtropical

About

Salvia judaica is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is a perennial commonly called Judean sage that is native to Mediterranean woodlands and shrublands, with violet flowers blooming from April to June.

Other Salvia plants

Turkish Black Sage · Wuyi Mountain Sage · Salvia adoxoides · Egyptian Sage · Orange Sage · Mediterranean sage · African Blue Sage · Salvia alatipetiolata · Cederberg Sage · Handsome Sage · Algerian Sage · Salvia amethystina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia judaica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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