Mountain Herb Estate - SAGE, ORNAMENTAL - SOUTH AFRICAN (Salvia dolomitica)

Plant Information

Common Name: SAGE, ORNAMENTAL - SOUTH AFRICAN
Scientific Name: Salvia dolomitica
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Description:

Perennial
Indigenous - grows naturally in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces in South Africa.
It is called dolomitica because it grows in a rocky soil known as dolomite.
Attractive aromatic perennial shrub - bears pale gray leaves and pale lilac and cream flowers in late summer.
Burgundy-rose calyx tubes persist after the flowers fall providing interesting color.
Mature plants can grow up to 1,3m and will spread slowly by rhizomes - eventually creating dense, olive-gray thickets.
Needs full sun and well-drained soil.

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