Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage

Identification

Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage, Musk Sage and Cleveland Sage.
If you've not figured it out yet, Salvia clevelandii Alpine is a great wildlife plant. - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage with Swallowtail Butterfly.
A pale Swallowtail butterfly on a Salvia clevelandii alpine.  - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage, Swallowtail butterfly
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine sage flowers are fragrant and full of life. - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage flowers.
A male Anna Hummingbird on a Cleveland Sage, Salvia clevelandii Alpine - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland Sage with a male Anna Hummingbird.
A sphinx moth working the flowers of Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Ccleveland Sage - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage with sphinx moth.
A White-lined Sphinx moth, Hiles lineata,  drawing nectar from a Salvia clevelandii Alpine Sage. - grid24_3
A Sphinx moth working the flowers of Salvia clevelandii, Alpine, a Cleveland sage
Two Pale Swallowtail Butterflies on one Salvia clevelandii Alpine. This sage has been been a wildlife magnet in the garden. - grid24_3
Pale Swallowtail on Alpine Cleveland sage
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine cleveland sage - grid24_3
A full sized Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage
Salvia clevelandii Alpine flower, and it smells good too. - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage flower spike.
A shy Costa Hummingbird working the fragrant flowers of Salvia clevelandii Alpine. - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland Sage with a Costa Hummingbird
A close of Salvia clevelandii Alpine - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage flower head.
Salvia clevelandii Alpine and Diplacus Agoura seem to be happy together. - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage and Agoura Monkey Flower
Salvia clevelandii,  Alpine Sage. with a Costa Hummingbird. California plants attract California birds. - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage with a Costa Hummingbird.
A California Dogface Butterfly, Colias eurydice on a Salvia clevelandii Alpine. - grid24_3
Salvia clevelandii, Alpine Cleveland sage with a California Dogface butterfly.

Description

A form of Salvia clevelandii that was found near the town of Alpine in San Diego County. The form attracted attention originally because it was growing with full south-facing exposure on exposed rock and looked nice. Companion plants are Trichostema parishii, and Yucca whipplei. In the ground in the nursery it has proven to be hardy to below 10F, tolerant of clay or sand, healthy in a nursery can(no slight feat for a Salvia clevelandii), tolerant of mulch, and have a decent flower that produces a good show. In other words, it didn't die when we planted it out and forgot to water it, and the Alpine form of Cleveland Sage reminded us of our neglect by putting on its own private flower show.
This is the longest flowering sage we grow. Some years this Cleveland sage is in flower from May until December.
Although we've seen other butterflies on the Salvia clevelandii Alpine, the most photogenic is the Pale swallowtail Butterflies, Papilio eurymedon "I wanted to give you some info on some of the salvias I grow here in Portland OR. We just had a pretty good freeze up here and a very early one. I have salvia millefera, sonomensis, spathecea, clevelandii 'alpine' and 'whirley blue', salvia 'pozo blue' in the ground here. The freeze we had was about 3 days with a low of 18 and a high of 30 degrees over bare ground. I had most of these plants mulched around the crown with bark chips. All of the sages listed froze back to the mulch layer with one surprising exception. The 2 Salvia clevelandii 'alpine' I have took little to no damage. Even the 'pozo blue' that was reported to be so hardy put up little fight. I am aware that some of these will resprout, but I wanted to relay this to you so you can pass it on. I think our climate and soil is just not conducive to growing these CA salvias, with at least the one exception of 'alpine', or at least that is what happened in my yard. Keep in mind too that I grow California manzanita, ceanothus and tons of mediterranians here so I had expected these salvias to do better. I also noted the wholly blue curls survived and looks good!" James Click here for more about California Sages Here's a native sage page where you can see all the sages of California.

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Characteristics

Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage Musk Sage tolerates sand and clay.
Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage Musk Sage is great for a bird garden and a butterfly garden.
Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage Musk Sage's foliage color is green-gray, type is stressdeciduous, has fragrance and is edible.
Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage Musk Sage's flower color is blue and has a fragrance.
Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage Musk Sage's fruit has fragrance.

Communities

Communities for Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage Musk Sage:Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub.

Ranges for Salvia clevelandii Alpine Cleveland sage

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 0.80 to 1.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 1.30
rainfall[cm]: 30.00 to 80.00

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