Botanical Name: Salvia leucantha
Common Name: Mexican bush sage
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a mostly upright, soft-stemmed subshrub, with a clumping habit; forms a loosely rounded to mounded shape if unpruned; squarish stems are light greenish white
Height 1' - 3' (4')
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate mod.-rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors requires full sun for best flower production
Soil tolerates most, including heavy clay
Hardiness some frost (zones 12-24): thrives in warm coastal foothills
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2"-4" long; grayish-green, with furrowed upper surface; margins slightly serrate
Flowers lavender or purple, on interrupted spikes; the 12" - 18" spikes are borne on the ends of the stems; Feb. - April and Sept. - Nov.
Fruit a capsule; tiny, papery
 
Propagation:
softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
a good low filler plant for quick effects; a profusely blooming shrub; informal borders, massed plantings on slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers an occasional deep soak; can tolerate regular watering or some drought
Fertilizing little is required after establishment
Pruning head back strongly after blooming period to control size and promote development of new flowering stems
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other tends to become leggy in heavily irrigated locations
 
Origin: Mexico
Family: Lamiaceae

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