Salvia Mellifera Green Carpet

About black sage salvia mellifera 49 nurseries carry this plant.

Salvia mellifera green carpet. Salvia mellifera green carpet is compact growing up to 2 feet tall and 4 5 feet wide a third less than the parent species salvia mellifera. The green carpet creeping sage has pale blue flowers from the late winter into spring. Attracts birds butterflies and native bees. It is slightly taller and has more grey in the leaf color than the closely related variety terra seca.

A low mounding groundcover that grows rapidly to 1 2 high and 6 wide with aromatic green foliage and pale lavender spring into summer flowers. Plant database entry for black sage salvia mellifera green carpet with 26 data details. Communities for salvia mellifera chaparral and coastal sage scrub. Salvia mellifera is great for a bird garden and a butterfly garden.

Related plants green carpet prostrata pt mugo tera seca variegata repens. The plant is a medium sized shrub that is three to six feet tall and three to five feet wide. Prefers moderate irrigation and fast draining soil. Hardy to 25 f.

At 24 inches tall by 6 feet wide this variety is an excellent groundcover. Salvia mellifera s foliage color is green type is evergreen and has fragrance. Salvia mellifera tolerates sand clay and serpentine. Black sage is native to the low to medium elevations of the coastal ranges of california and adjacent baja california.

Add to my plant list. Jade carpet black sage black sage salvia mellifera is one of the most common and fragrant native shrubs in the california coast ranges and is ideal for dry gardens. Leaves can be used in the kitchen. Many low growing selections of the black sage have been made.

Salvia mellifera s flower color is blue and has a fragrance. Salvia mellifera is often mentioned as the best sage for making sage honey. Accepts full to part sun. In fact mellifera means honey bearing.

The green carpet sage is a drought tolerant fast growing ground cover that likes full sun and little to no summer water. Black sage salvia mellifera is considered the least attractive of the california salvias. Good drainage is appreciated as well but this plant as well as the other salvias will tolerate heavy soil if there is a slope to the land to allow water to run off.