When gardeners hear the world salvia, it can bring any number of plants to mind — the old-fashioned, red-spiked annual Salvia splendens, or a blue- or purple-flowering form, or maybe the herb ...

The cherry sage or autumn sage, Salvia greggii, is native to Texas and blooms nonstop from late spring until frost. It, too, is a deep red with other colors now available.

Salvia greggii is native to south Texas, extending deep into the Chihuahuan desert of northern Mexico. The species produces bright red flowers irresistible to hummingbirds.

Medium size Salvia greggii, or Texas sage and autumn sage. It tops out at about 3 feet tall, and when pruned during dry season, it can be kept to about 3 feet in diameter.

Salvia leucantha is also called Mexican bush sage. It produces purple spikes with small adornments (actual blooms) on a stalk above a 3- to 4-foot weeping plant with silvery blue foliage.

We give the award for "Earliest Bloomer" to Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii). This name is really a misnomer, since this long-blooming salvia flowers for more than six months of the year. From April ...

There are two species of salvia that are the most reliable and available to buy. Salvia greggii, known as Autumn sage, is heat-loving and frost tender. Salvia clevelandii, Cleveland sage is hardy ...

Autumn sage (Salvia greggii) is shrubby, brilliantly colored and drought tolerant. It blooms throughout the summer and heavily in autumn. This sage is projected to reach 2-3 feet tall.

Salvia leucantha is also called Mexican bush sage. It produces purple spikes with small adornments (actual blooms) on a stalk above a 3- to 4-foot plant with silvery blue foliage.

Salvia elegans, or pineapple sage, with its pineapple-scented leaves, is grown as an ornamental shrub. Salvia sclarea has large, gray-green leaves with a tall inflorescence of purple flowers.

Mature size does vary from some annuals getting no taller than 12 inches to a few woodier specimens like the Salvia greggii, or cherry sage, which can reach 4 feet in height and width.