cedar sage
Salvia roemeriana
USDA zones7 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
Size12 to 24 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Red
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Cedar sage (Salvia roemeriana) is an annual for borders, pollinator gardens, rock gardens, and shade gardens. This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to average, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to pass it by. Red flowers open in spring and summer, and hummingbirds and butterflies visit them. Continuous full sun can stress the plant, so give it dappled shade.
Pairs well with First Frost hosta, Japanese forest grass, and Lamb’s ear.
Native range
TX.