Creeping Sage
Salvia sonomensis
Creeping sage is a low, aromatic California groundcover sage that mats over dry slopes with gray foliage and blue-violet flower spikes. Evergreen, drought- and deer-resistant cover for sunny banks.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- CA
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