Texas purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) is a native Texas plant that has many outstanding characteristics. It can tolerate poor soils, has very low water needs, can take the heat and the cold and ...

Q: I love the purple flowers of 'Silverado' sage after a rain, but I do not love how stalky the shrubs can become. I have been careful to not over water them and even tried light pruning. The bushes ...

Sage is known for its soft and fluffy light green leaves and pretty flowers that pop in purple, pink, and white. It's also an easy to grow plant and has so many uses beyond giving thanksgiving turkey ...

Texas sage blooms, but not regularly. It apparently can predict rain by blooming a few days before rain comes. (Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) I really like plants that do more than just look ...

Early fall is when we say goodbye to most of the migratory hummingbirds that have been visiting our gardens since mid-summer. Even after they’ve left us to fly south for the winter, we can continue to ...

Garden Gems: Spreading purple sage is a California native shrub that can cover hard-to-landscape areas in the dry garden. Hummingbirds and butterflies love its flowers. Ellen Zagory This is one part ...

Of the more than 800 kinds of salvia, the most common is the ancient herb Salvia officinalis or common gray culinary sage. Square stemmed, with pungent foliage, these awesome plants come in many sizes ...

Known botanically as Salvia leucantha, Mexican bush sage is a deciduous, perennial shrub prized for its grayish-green foliage and velvety spikes of purple and white blossoms that blanket the shrub in ...

One of the fall blooming perennials showing out in East Texas gardens right now is Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha). This stately beauty earned its stripes as a Texas Superstar selection by Texas ...