| Description | Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii) is a tender perennial (Zone #8). Grown as an annual in cooler climates. |
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| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 8 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average, dry |
| Soil & Site | average, dry, must be well drained is best, many found growing in rocky sites |
| Growing Media | average |
| Temperature | not frost hardy |
| Flowers | has large lower lip and smaller hood, borne 2 rank on a raceme, start to slow down during cool weather and short days |
| Fruit | nutlets |
| Leaves | glabrous, aromatic mint scented, deciduous or semi evergreen |
| Stems | sub shrub |
| Dimensions | usually is a small shrubby plant, 2-3 up to 5 in the wild |
| Maintenance | In warmer climates may need pruning to maintain good form and promote flowering, It can be pruned hard. |
| Propagation | softwood and semi hardwood cuttings, variable from seed, especially the hybrids |
| Native Site | Merico and Southwestern United States |
| Cultivar Origin | introduced into cultivation in 1885 |
| Misc Facts | "Genus name comes from the Latin word salveo meaning to save or heal in reference to the purported medically curative properties attributed to some plants in the genus. Specific epithet honors Josiah Gregg (1806-1850), botanist and explorer, who first collected this plant on a trip through Texas to Mexico in the mid 1840s" (#144) |
| Author's Notes | Since I live in hardiness zone #5 and have grown many different Salvia. greggi cultivars in containers. I needed to do little or no pruning. The have flowered continually form during the summer. Slowing down or stopping as it became fall. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #147-The Gardeners Guide to growing Salvias (John Sutton), #223- The Plant Lovers Guide to Salvias (John Whittlesey) |
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