Salvia nutans at Digging Dog Nursery

(S. pendula) Nodding Sage

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 hailing from the Mediterranean, Mexico, South America and some of our western states. Reliable once established, and generally undaunted by pests, disease and drought, they combine an array of flowers and often aromatic foliage in many different sizes, shapes and hues.

Salvia nutans

(S. pendula) Nodding Sage

Salvia nutans (P-2189)

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Though Linnaeus named this wildly unusual Salvia way back in the 1700s, you’ll be hard pressed to find it growing in anyone’s yard these days. Endemic to the Balkans, eastern Europe, Turkey and southwestern Russia, Nodding Sage sprouts an attractive low basal rosette clothed with large, textural arrowhead-shaped greenery beneath the perfect-for-cutting, pollinator-friendly posies, which look a bit like Wisteria blooms. The splendid, long-lasting blue-violet blossoms populate striking close-knit pendant clusters, gracefully flowing from the tips of sturdy, wide-branched, 4 ft. tall, reddish flowering stalks. Undeterred by hot humid summers, winter cold and light shade, Salvia nutans can embellish well-drained borders, rock gardens or natural-style plantings.

Blooms June–September

Size: 3' 0" – 4' 0" high x 12" – 18" wide.

Zone 5b/6.

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