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Salvia

Sage -One of our favorites groups contains over 900 species plus many hybrids. Many of our selections are from the subtropical group which are generally fast growing perennials with showy flower spikes. Also listed are many tough California natives.

Salvia 'Allen Chickering' / Sage Full sun height: 4-5 ft. hardiness: 15° origin: California Popular hybrid of Califonia natives with aromatic gray-green leaves on an upright bushy plant. Long bloom season. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia 'Indigo Spires' / Sage Full sun height: 5 ft. hardiness: 25° Fast growing, tender perennial from the Huntington Botanic Garden, Pasadena, Ca. Long spikes covered in many dark purple flowers from spring to frost. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia 'Purple Majesty' / Sage Full sun, light shade height: 5-8 ft. hardiness: 25° Fast growing hybrid with showy dark purple flowers and blackish calyxes. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia 'Waverly' / Sage Full sun, light shade height: 4 ft. hardiness: 20° Long spikes of white flowers with a touch of pink emerge from purple bracts. Good cut flower. Long bloom season 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia apiana / White Sage Full sun height: 5 ft. hardiness: 20° origin: Southern and Baja California The large gray-white foliage is very aromatic. Used by Indians for ceremonial purposes and as a tea to relieve congestion. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia blepharophylla / Eye-lash Leaf Sage Full sun, light shade height: 3 ft. hardiness: 20° origin: Mexico Smaller, brittle salvia with vibrant orangish-red flowers. Best in containers. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia buchananii / Buchanan's Fuchsia Sage Full sun, part shade height: 2 ft. hardiness: 32° origin: Mexico Smaller, slow growing sage. Beautiful, fuzzy 2" magenta colored blooms and glossy dark green leaves. Brittle perennial best grown in containers. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia cacaliaefolia / Guatemalan Vine Sage Full sun, light shade height: 2 ft. hardiness: 20° origin: Guatemala Soft mounds of triangular, light green leaves. Small, beautiful bright blue flowers over long season. Blooms in shade. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia chamaedryoides / Germander Sage Full sun, part shade height: 2 ft. hardiness: 15° origin: Texas, Mexico Tough useful landscape sage. Forms dense low mounds of whitish-gray foliage and bright blue flowers. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia chiapensis / Chiapas Sage Full sun, light shade height: 3 ft. hardiness: 20° origin: Mexico Tender perennial with wispy spikes of fuzzy, fuchsia colored flowers. Long bloom season. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gillman' / Sage Full sun height: 4 ft. hardiness: 15° origin: California Upright, bushy habit with dark green pungent leaves. Deep ruby-red stems and calyxes with dark blue flowers. Choice cultivar. 3 inch pot $8.00	Salvia coahuilensis / Indigo Autumn Sage Full sun, light shade height: 2 ft. hardiness: 20° origin: Mexico Low shrub with foliage similar to S. greggii. Small, but intense, purple-blue flowers. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia confertiflora / Sage Full sun, light shade height: 6 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Brazil Large upright plant with vertical wispy spikes of orange-red flowers. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia dorisiana / Grapefruit-scented Sage Full sun, light shade height: 6 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Honduras Tender perennial with large, fuzzy light green leaves that have a fruity scent. Not a strong bloomer but does have showy hot-pink flowers. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia elegans / Pineapple Sage Full sun, part shade height: 4 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Mexico Pineapple scented leaves with sprays of scarlet flowers that attract hummingbirds in summer and fall. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia greggii 'Moonlight' / Autumn Sage Full sun, light shade height: 3 ft. hardiness: 15° Soft yellow flowers brighten up area. especially in light shade. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia greggii 'Sierra San Antonio' / Autumn Sage Full sun, light shade height: 3 ft. hardiness: 15° The flowers are an unusual combination of peach and yellow. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia involucrata / Roseleaf Sage Full sun, light shade height: 5 ft. hardiness: 15° origin: Mexico Large, tropical sage with light green, velvety 3" leaves. Nice display of rosy-pink flowers in summer and fall. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia karwinskii / Karwinski's Sage Full sun, part shade height: 8 ft. hardiness: 20° origin: Mexico Large sage with beautiful gray-green leaves. Stems and petioles covered in white woolly hair 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia lanceolata / Golden Sage Full sun height: 4 ft. hardiness: 24° origin: South Africa A large shrubby sage from South Africa. The odd rusty-orange flowers make this plant stand out in the garden. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia leucantha 'Midnight' / Mexican Bush Sage Full sun, part shade height: 4 ft. hardiness: 15° origin: Mexico Beautiful, bushy perennial with grayish-green leaves on 2-3' white woolly stems. Long spikes of fuzzy purple flowers over long season. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia leucophylla 'Figueroa' / Sage Full sun height: 4 ft. hardiness: 15° origin: California Nice selection of a local native sage. Compact, heat and drought tolerant, shrub with pleasantly aromatic whitish leaves. 3 inch pot $8.00
Salvia madrensis / Forsythia Sage Full sun, part shade height: 8 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Mexico Large fast growing sage with vertical spikes of clean yellow flowers, an unusual color for the sage family. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia mexicana 'Limelight' / Mexican Sage Full sun, light shade height: 6 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Mexico Similar to the species except the deep blue flowers emerge from lime-green calyxes. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia microphylla / Graham's Sage Full sun, part shade height: 3 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Mexico Small glossy dark green foliage and blackish stems are topped by spikes of clear red flowers. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia microphylla var. 'Grahamii' / Sage Full sun, part shade height: 1 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Mexico A smaller form of S. microphylla. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia sinaloensis / Sinaloa Sage Full sun, light shade height: 1 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Mexico Low creeping habit. Small dark blue flowers show beautifully against the dark burgundy tinged foliage. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia spathacea 'Kawatre' / Hummingbird Sage Full sun, light shade height: 2 ft. hardiness: 10° origin: California Mats of large, fragrant hairy leaves and spikes of magenta flowers in spring and fall. 3 inch pot $7.00
Salvia uliginosa / Brazilian Bog Sage Full sun height: 6 ft. hardiness: 15° origin: Argentina, Brazil Tall, gracefully arching stems on an extremely durable plant, that can take both wet and dry conditions. 3 inch pot $7.00	Salvia wagneriana / Sage Full sun, light shade height: 6-10 ft. hardiness: 25° origin: Guatemala, Costa Rica Large tropical sage with showy rosy-pink flowers. Cut back after bloom to control size. 3 inch pot $7.00

Santolina

Satureja

Scaevola

Fairy Fan Flower -Somewhat tender perennials from Australia forming low trailing mounds of lush green foliage. Interesting one-sided fan shaped flowers cover the plant over a long season. Ideal cascading out of pots or as groundcovers on slopes.

Scirpus

Sedum

Stonecrop -Large group of succulents made up of mostly low or flat spreading forms. Large array of foliage colors and textures. Many are easy to grow, tolerant of drought and freezing temperatures.

Sedum 'Blue Carpet' / Stonecrop Full sun, light shade height: 2 in. hardiness: -30° origin: Northern Hemisphere Forms a tight mat of tiny silvery-gray leaves that flows gracefully around rocks. Use in rock gardens, borders, and containers. 3 inch pot $8.00	Sedum 'Vera Jameson' / Stonecrop Full sun, light shade height: 1 ft. hardiness: -20° Low arching stems covered in rounded 2" leaves, heavily tinged with burgundy. The light to dark pink flowers contrast nicely with the dark foliage. 3 inch pot $8.00
Sedum 'Lynda Windsor' Sun or part shade height: 16 in. hardiness: -40° Very dark-purple foliage and ruby-red flowers. Tidy habit. 3 inch pot $8.00	Sedum rubrotinctum var. 'Aurora' / Stonecrop Full sun, light shade height: 6 in. hardiness: 25° Low cascading habit. Plump, oblong leaves are light green and heavily tinged pink. Great in rock gardens or containers. 3 inch pot $8.00
Sedum sieboldii / Stonecrop Full sun, light shade height: 6 in. hardiness: -40° origin: Japan Round blue-gray leaves edged in red. Trailing habit. 3 inch pot $8.00	Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco' / Stonecrop Full sun, light shade height: 6 in. hardiness: 15° origin: California Tiny, fleshy rosettes of whitish-gray leaves. Slowly spreads to form low dense mats. Requires good drainage, best in containers. 3 inch pot $8.00
Sedum spurium 'Blaze of Fulda' / Stonecrop Full sun height: 4-5 in. hardiness: -30° Low mat of dark maroon rosettes of leaves. 3 inch pot $8.00	Sedum spurium 'John Creech' / Stonecrop Full sun height: 2 in. hardiness: -20° Lower growing with small gray-green foliage. Good show of rosy-pink flowers in summer. 3 inch pot $8.00
Sedum spurium 'Tricolor' / Stonecrop Full sun height: 4 in. hardiness: -20° Easy to grow, mat forming groundcover. In full sun the already pink and cream colored rosette leaves develop a darker pink coloring. 3 inch pot $8.00

Sempervivum

Senecio

Groundsel -An enormous, ridiculously diverse group of about a 1000 species that includes trees, shrubs, vines, succulents, plus flowering annuals and perennials. Only two quite different species are offered this year.

Sesleria

Moor Grass -Native to Europe. Evergreen cool season grasses valued for their durability and ease of care. Great in masses. Competes well with root competition.

Silene

Sisyrinchium

Blue Eyed Grass -Native to the Americas. Clumping perennial in the iris family with grass-like or iris-like leaves. Some varieties with variegated leaves. Small attractive blue or yellow flowers in spring and summer. Some species are drought tolerant and will naturalize in the garden. Others are native to wetlands.

Sollya

Stachys

Lambs Ears, Hedge Nettle, Betony, Woundwort -A diverse group of the mint family. The following selections are both cultivars of the popular lambs ear species, known for their ease of care and soft hairy leaves.

Streptosolen

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