Salvia mellifera

Salvia mellifera

Identification

Genus: Salvia Species: mellifera Variety: Cultivar:
Common name: Black Sage.

Description

Black Sage is a three foot evergreen shrub with white to light blue flowers in March to July. This sage is native to sunny dry slopes in the coast ranges from San Jose to Baja. It likes sun, tolerates some shade.. Salvia mellifera is native on gravel-sand to adobe clay in full sun to part-shade. Its limitation seems to be rainfall. It needs about 15" of rainfall. It gets between 12-40" in its range, with the lower number being compensated for with fog drip. Important butterfly and hummingbird plant. Quail love the seed. Click here for more about California Sages


Salvia mellifera, Black Sage has white flowers and green foliage.

Characteristics

Salvia mellifera Black Sage tolerates sand, clay and serpentine.
Salvia mellifera Black Sage is great for a bird garden and a butterfly garden.
Salvia mellifera Black Sage's foliage type is evergreen and has fragrance.
Salvia mellifera Black Sage's flower color is blue and has a fragrance.

Communities

Communities for Salvia mellifera Black Sage:Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub.

Ranges for Salvia mellifera

ph: 4.00 to 8.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 1.50
width[m]: 1.00 to 2.00
rainfall[cm]: 31.00 to 77.00

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