Salvia Species, Dorr's Sage, Mint Sage, Purple Sage, Tobacco Sage

These grow all over town here in Lubbock, TX. They handle the extreme heat here, even from asphalt and concrete. Anytime it rains, it t...Read Moreriggers a flush of blooms. The plant is very attractive with purple blooms set against silvery-green foliage. My neighbor has a couple flanking his driveway, and I've never noticed any seedlings, so I don't think we have a problem with spreading here. A regular watering schedule, such as for a yard or lawn, will keep it in bloom, although perhaps not as heavy a bloom as a rain will trigger. (We have awful, salty tapwater here.)
Overall, I love these and wish I had a place for one in my yard.

Salvia dorrii is a local growing plant that is seldom seen in gardens here in the Boise Valley. Much of the habitat of the plant has bee...Read Moren destroyed here in the farming region, but it does have healthy populations in Owyhee County and other counties within this area. It grows in very sandy to talus soils here, and is a plant that is easy to grow in the yard, if you neglect the plant. It needs no extra water and the most common flowers are lavender to purple. We even have rarer colors within the population here of white, pink, pale blues, deep blues and other shades. Many of the native specimans are short and rarely over a foot tall and usually much wider, but there are some areas where the salivas grow close to 3 feet and possibly more.

A plant that is worth having in the desert garden, and will reseed given the right conditions.

Very good in our cry climate in New Mexico. Requires very little water. Deals with heat and cold. Nice flowers. Note I have S. dorrii...Read More v. Carnosa.

I am planning on adding a few of them this next spring. Here in Dallas, they will usually bloom about a week after a rain. It is beauti...Read Moreful, all over town you can see them blooming at the same time. Most of them have a lovely lavender flower.