Salvia mexicana ‘Limelight’
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Salvia

Sage

Thought in ancient times to perpetuate good health, an Arab proverb asks, “How shall a man die with sage in his garden?” Our Salvias are diverse perennials, shrubs or subshrubs. Many of them hail from the Mediterranean, Mexico and South America.

Drought tolerant, reliable once established, and generally pest and disease free, they combine an array of flowers and aromatic foliage in many different sizes, shapes, and hues.

Salvia mexicana ‘Limelight’ 

Whorls of densely packed, chartreuse terminal buds on strong upright stems provide exciting contrast to the lush green color of ‘Limelight’s foliage. In flower, this cultivar is sure to take center stage as deep bluish purple blooms peek out from the vibrant yellow-green calyxes. Cut back each season to encourage new growth at the base and to maintain a pleasing shape.

Blooms August–early November.

Size: 6' 0" high x 6' 0" wide; hardy to zone 8.

Salvia mexicana ‘Limelight’ (P-0608)
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Other selections in this genus

• Salvia x ‘Allen Chickering’
• Salvia argentea
• Salvia arizonica
• Salvia azurea ‘Nekan’
• Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’
• Salvia brandegeei ‘Pacific Blue’
• Salvia cacaliaefolia
• Salvia chiapensis
• Salvia clevelandii ‘Whirly Blue’
• Salvia confertiflora
• Salvia corrugata
• Salvia ‘El Cielo Blue’
• Salvia ‘Eveline’
• Salvia forsskaolii
• Salvia glechomifolia
• Salvia greggii ‘Lowry’s Peach’
• Salvia greggii ‘Wild Thing’
• Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’
• Salvia guaranitica ‘Blue Ensign’
• Salvia holwayi
• Salvia involucrata ‘Hidalgo’
• Salvia involucrata ‘Mulberry Jam’
• Salvia x jamensis ‘Pat Vlasto’
• Salvia leucantha x elegans ‘Anthony Parker’
• Salvia ‘Madeline’
• Salvia melissodora (Yucca Do Form)
• Salvia mexicana ‘Compton’s Form’
• Salvia mexicana ‘Tula’
• Salvia microphylla
• Salvia microphylla ‘Dennis’ Pink’
• Salvia microphylla x greggii ‘Red Velvet’
• Salvia microphylla ‘Hoja Grande’
• Salvia microphylla ‘San Carlos Festival’
• Salvia microphylla ‘Wild Watermelon’
• Salvia moorcroftiana x indica
• Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’
• Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’
• Salvia nemorosa ‘Negrito’
• Salvia nemorosa ‘Rosenwein’
• Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Deep Rose’
• Salvia nubicola
• Salvia ‘Phyllis’ Fancy’
• Salvia ‘Pozo Blue’
• Salvia pratensis ‘Swan Lake’
• Salvia pratensis ‘Sweet Esmeralda’
• Salvia pratensis ‘Twilight Serenade’
• Salvia przewalskii
• Salvia ‘Purple Majesty’
• Salvia reptans
• Salvia reptans West Texas Form
• Salvia sclarea ‘Vatican White’
• Salvia semiatrata
• Salvia ‘Silke’s Dream’
• Salvia sinaloensis
• Salvia uliginosa
• Salvia ‘Ultra Violet’
• Salvia urica
• Salvia vanhoutii (Burgundy Form)
• Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
• Salvia ‘Waverly’

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