This is in the group of the largest salvia plants to 4m x 1-2m and could cover a big area if you never cut it back or it got frosted,    .It also flowers well a metre high or any … Continue reading →

Somehow I have put this in under elegans as well.   This is a golden foliaged pineapple sage only available this century.     It can grow to a metre and will sucker lightly.   Could be frost tender with hard frost.   The foliage … Continue reading →

This is one of those whose name has been mucked around with after it has been widely distributed throughout Australia as grahamii. It must have come in a long time ago as many people remember picking and sucking the flowers … Continue reading →

I have got more fond of this plant as the years go by, but maybe I will tire of it because it is rather a strong grower. This plant was brought into Australia for me this century through quarantine.  The … Continue reading →

  This is a very useful species from southern United States and Mexico. Somehow it got the name autumn sage in the U.S. which is rather a silly name as it blooms from September to May in Australia. It stays … Continue reading →

This species from moist parts of South America is widely available because it suckers and spreads rampantly. It is not good to plant it unless you know that beforehand! Unfortunately not everyone tells you.  It has been about in Australia … Continue reading →