Scientific name: Salvia officinalis

Common name:  common sage

Family name: Lamiaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 0.7-1.3m tall and 0.6-1m wide

Form: Oval, upright

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Opposite.

Fall colour: green

Flower/cone/fruit description: blue flower clusters. Brown nut.

Limitations: not good ground cover. Dries out in patches.

Suitable uses: medicinal properties. Good small shrub.

Quick ID: Dec. Shrub. Perennial. Opposite. Simple. Unique smelling leaves. Africa/Europe. Grey looking leaves. Corrugated leaf texture.