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Salvia leucophylla
Also called Purple Sage, Californian Pink Sage
San Luis purple sage is an evergreen, aromatic shrub native to dry hillsides of southern California and Baja California, grown mainly in xeriscape and drought-tolerant gardens. Its key to success is full sun and very fast-draining soil, since it resents wet roots.
Salvia leucophylla, the San Luis purple sage or gray sage, is an aromatic sage native to the southern coastal mountain ranges of the Californias.
The species is widely used in California and xeriscape gardening, preferring full sun and good drainage. There are many cultivars, natural hybrids, and wild hybrids with other Salvia species, making clear naming very confusing.
Some cultivars include:
The plant is native to the southern coastal mountain ranges of California and Baja California, typically being found on dry hillsides and in gravelly soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia leucophylla 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.
