Canyon Sage
Salvia lycioidesCanyon Sage is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 2 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms blue in Apr–Jun. Deer rarely browse it. Good for hummingbirds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- About 2 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Jun · blue
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports hummingbirds
Where it grows
1 occurrence record in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
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.