Autumn Sage
Salvia greggiiAlso called Cherry Sage
Autumn Sage is a perennial native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 2–3 ft tall and 2–3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms white, red, pink, orange and purple in Mar–Nov. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies and hummingbirds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsWoody-based perennial that blooms in waves from spring through first frost, in red, coral, pink, or white depending on selection. Semi-evergreen in mild winters.
Why it works here
The most reliable hummingbird plant for Central Texas, and one of the few things that blooms through August heat. Takes reflected heat well.
Watch out
Gets leggy and woody after four or five years. Cut back by a third to a half in late winter to rejuvenate.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spread
- 2–3 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Nov · white, red, pink, orange, purple
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche · recorded on dry, rocky, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Aromatic foliage
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies and hummingbirds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
25 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.