Texas Sage
Leucophyllum frutescens
A silvery evergreen (cenizo) that bursts into clouds of orchid-purple flowers a day or two after summer rains, earning it the name 'barometer bush.' Supremely heat- and drought-proof.
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- TX