Salvias (also known as sages) flower for a long time; grow well in hot, dry conditions; and they provide a variety of bloom shapes, color, and fragrance. Here’s how to grow salvia plants in your garden!
As part of the mint family, salvias have square stems and velvety leaves. Ornamental salvias are relatives of the culinary herb sage. Hummingbirds and butterflies love them!
There are over 900 species of salvias and many of the tender perennial species are popular as annuals in regions where they are not fully winter hardy.
The following common salvias are usually grown as annuals. They may be grown as perennials in southern regions.
The following salvias are usually grown as perennials.
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Salvia
My salvia plug plants a very strong but all of the new leaves coming through are yellow. They are all strong butt the older leaves are dark green!
why yellow leaves?
Plant leaves often turn yellow from overwatering or soil that holds too much water (doesn’t drain). However, it also could be due to poor soil conditions. For example, it may be a lack of nitrogen (the N in NPK, on a fertilizer package). You can add organic compost to the soil. It could also be poor / too high a soil pH (acidity/alkalinity). Do a pH test and adjust accordingly; see here for more details: https://www.almanac.com/plant-ph
Hope this helps!
watering salvias in hot, dry mountain area
They say these need to be watered regularly but mine are all dying back and turning black. I must be doing something wrong. Seems they do better with little water during the summer.
Salvia care
Thank you for the helpful info on caring for Salvias. My plants are attracting many pollinators including honey bees, bumble bees, butterflies, and humming birds.
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Just found this. It's awesome! Thank you for such succinct and practical information.