Engelmann's Sage
Salvia engelmanniiEngelmann's Sage is a wildflower native to Central Texas. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms blue and purple in Apr–May. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies and hummingbirds.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Bloom
- Apr–May · blue, purple
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies and hummingbirds
Where it grows
529 occurrence records 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.