Silver Sage

Silver Sage

Salvia argentea

This mounding perennial salvia bears fragrant pink flower spikes in summer, a long-blooming, pollinator-rich perennial earning its place through an extended season of colour with minimal care.

  • Pink flower spikes are produced in summer and continue reliably through summer; deadhead spent spikes to encourage rebloom.
  • Highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, one of the most pollinator-productive perennials for Ontario gardens.
  • Mounding habit, reaching 40 cm at maturity; drought tolerant once established; excellent drainage is essential, avoid waterlogged winter soils.
  • Best in full sun to partial shade to full shade with average, dry, well-drained soil.
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade, Shade
Soil Moisture
Well-drained, Dry, Average
Drought Tolerant
Hardiness Zone
5 – 5
Mature Height (meters)
0.35 – 0.4
Mature Spread (meters)
0.4 – 0.5
Growth Rate
Medium
Flower Colour
Pink
Foliage Colour
Gray
Bloom Time
Summer
Habit
Mounding
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Pollinator Friendly
Fragrant
Landscape Uses
Border, Rock garden
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Best grown in an average or dry, well-drained soil, in full sun. They are drought-tolerant once established, and will not tolerate winter wet. Silver sage is a biennial; foliage develops in the first year, flowers appear in the second. Not a prolific seeder, so it often disappears after the second year.

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