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Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: High Organic Matter Shallow Rocky Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Occasionally Dry Available Space To Plant: 12 inches-3 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Native Plant Perennial Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Semi-evergreen Habit/Form: Arching Clumping Spreading Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Low.Play Value: Attracts Pollinators Edibility: Leaves can be used fresh or dried for seasonings and teas, and the flowers are edible. Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds and is seldom damaged by deer. Attributes: Genus: Salvia Species: greggii Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Stem Cutting Country Or Region Of Origin: Texas Distribution: south-central and west Texas south to San Luis Potosi in Mexico, mostly on rocky slopes.Tags: #hummingbird friendly #full sun tolerant #heat tolerant #drought tolerant #edible plant #native perennials #salt tolerant #cpp #spreading #deer resistant #native garden #clumping #rocky soils tolerant #butterfly friendly #HS302 #stormwater demo garden orange co Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscapes: Floricyle Pinehurst Greenway Pollinator Habitat Garden, Moore County Part Shade Garden Davidson County Demo Garden Rock & Water Garden Pollinator Garden- Partial Shade Rock and Crevice Garden Foundation Planting- West Side of House Cultivars / Varieties:Įlk Pomegranate, 'Lipstick', 'Wild Thing' VIDEO Created by Elisabeth Meyer for " Annuals, Perennials, Vines, and Groundcovers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems. Use it as a border, hedge, or mass planting in a children’s, butterfly, pollinator, or drought-tolerant garden. Good locations for autumn sage are slopes, banks, and naturalized areas. It is drought and slightly salt tolerant.

This plant attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators and is seldom damaged by deer. The cultivar 'Wild Thing' reportedly has better winter hardiness than species plants. It needs well-drained soil, and tolerates rocky soil.

This sage prefers full sun but tolerates afternoon shade in regions with high summer heat. Greggi is in honor of Josiah Gregg (1806-1850), a botanist and explorer who discovered the plant on an exploration through Texas. Salvia, the genus name, comes from the Latin word salveo, meaning ‘be well’. Different cultivars offer flower colors from red to coral, and some are mixed with white. Growing 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, it is native to Texas and found mainly on rocky slopes. Phonetic Spelling SAL-vee-uh GREG-ee-eye DescriptionĪutumn sage is a small, herbaceous perennial or somewhat woody sub-shrub in the Lamiaceae (mint) family.
