Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones8 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White with purple calyx
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha) is an annual for borders, pollinator gardens, containers, and xeriscapes. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. White flowers peek from purple calyces in early to late summer and again in early to late autumn. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the blooms. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. The arching plant grows 24 to 36 inches tall and wide and tolerates drought and salt.
Pairs well with Vermillionaire cuphea, Lemongrass, and Bishop of Llandaff dahlia.
Native range
Africa.