Sage

This Salvia has been produced from the seed of the cultivar Salvia ‘Allen Chickering’. Parentage (S. clevelandii x S. leucophylla)

Salvia ‘Allen Chickering’ is a dense shrub that grows to 5 feet tall and wide. The tall flower spikes display whorls of deep lavender flowers in late spring and summer. It will be do best in full sun and well-draining soil and little to no summer water once established. To keep a dense and more attractive plant cut back in the winter by about a third when young and tip prune when older a with woody stems.

Cultivars from seeds are no longer identified under the cultivar name but will maintain many of the characteristics.

Lifeform: Shrub

Sun: Full Sun

Water: Dry, Light

Soil: Loam, Sand

Other: Attracts Bees, Attracts Birds, Attracts Butterflies, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant