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Nuevo Leon Autumn Sage

Nuevo Leon Autumn Sage

SALVIA greggii x lycioides 'Nuevo Leon'

Blooms Summer through Fall
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Ships as 4"
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Common Name(s)
Autumn or Cherry Sage
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
1'–2'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Mounding, Bushy
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Purple
Foliage Color
Green
Themes
Cool Blue, Sunset
Genus
Salvia
Family
Lamiaceae
Ship Size
4"

Nuevo Leon Autumn Sage lifts long, slender spikes of violet-blue flowers above small aromatic leaves, and it comes to you as a live 4-inch plant. Salvia greggii x lycioides 'Nuevo Leon' builds a compact mound around one to two feet high and about as wide, flowering from summer well into fall.

It is a natural at the front of a border, along a path edge, or in a patio pot you brush past on the way in — the foliage releases its scent at a touch. Give it full sun and sharply drained soil with moderate water, and it shrugs off dry weather once established. Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees work the spikes daily, and clearing the finished ones keeps new buds arriving.

Design note: Set it against silver foliage — artemisia, a low santolina, anything gray — and the violet-blue reads twice as saturated. Leave the old stems standing until fresh growth shows before you cut back.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Mature Size: 1'–2' tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Annual

One small plant, one long season of blue, and it arrives healthy or we replace it free.