Salvia x greggii 'California Sunset' - AUTUMN SAGE 'CALIFORNIA SUNSET'
Aromatic sage with pale peachy flowers and dark orange buds (combine well with many other colors).
Tender, woody perennial.
In colder areas can be easily overwintered in lighter, cool and unheated garage, or grown as annual.
Blooming Time: depending on your zone - in warmer zones starts in early/mid spring, continues throughout the summer till frost (or fall)
Size: 2.5-3' tall and wide
USDA Zones: 7a-9b
Culture: full sun, half sun, average soil with some organic matter, moderately fertile to loam, drained soil contribute to better winter hardiness in 6/7 zones. Quite adaptable to soil types of any pH.
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, medium (average) is the best, but established plants are drought tolerant.
Origin: Salvia x greggii is a semi-evergreen perennial/subshrub, native to to a long, narrow area from southwest Texas, through the Chihuahuan Desert and into the Mexican state (San Luis Potosi), typically can be found in rocky soils at elevations from 5,000 to 9,000 ft.
Black walnut tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: Flower beds in sun, cottage gardens, naturalistic, tropical, eclectic gardens, deer resistant plantings, naturalistic gardens, hummingbird gardens or in larger containers on patios, etc.
You can use it with plants requiring drier or average conditions Looks great with the blue or purple colors of Agastache, Catanache caerulea, Eryngium, Nepeta, Linum lewisii, Platycodon, Scabiosa, Veronica or reblooming Salvia nemorosa hybrids. But can be combined with many plants on the average to drought tolerant scale like Achillea, Artemisia, Aster, Echinacea, Paeonia, bearded Iris, Perovskia, Sedum and medium to taller grasses (Muhlenbergia, Panicum, Pennisetum, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium). But goes also well with plant that appreciate more moisture like Amsonia, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Hemerocallis (daylily), Lilium (lily), Stachys, Vernonia or tropical plants.
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Salvia x greggii 'California Sunset' - AUTUMN SAGE 'CALIFORNIA SUNSET'
Aromatic sage with pale peachy flowers and dark orange buds (combine well with many other colors).
Tender, woody perennial.
In colder areas can be easily overwintered in lighter, cool and unheated garage, or grown as annual.
Blooming Time: depending on your zone - in warmer zones starts in early/mid spring, continues throughout the summer till frost (or fall)
Size: 2.5-3' tall and wide
USDA Zones: 7a-9b
Culture: full sun, half sun, average soil with some organic matter, moderately fertile to loam, drained soil contribute to better winter hardiness in 6/7 zones. Quite adaptable to soil types of any pH.
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, medium (average) is the best, but established plants are drought tolerant.
Origin: Salvia x greggii is a semi-evergreen perennial/subshrub, native to to a long, narrow area from southwest Texas, through the Chihuahuan Desert and into the Mexican state (San Luis Potosi), typically can be found in rocky soils at elevations from 5,000 to 9,000 ft.
Black walnut tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: Flower beds in sun, cottage gardens, naturalistic, tropical, eclectic gardens, deer resistant plantings, naturalistic gardens, hummingbird gardens or in larger containers on patios, etc.
You can use it with plants requiring drier or average conditions Looks great with the blue or purple colors of Agastache, Catanache caerulea, Eryngium, Nepeta, Linum lewisii, Platycodon, Scabiosa, Veronica or reblooming Salvia nemorosa hybrids. But can be combined with many plants on the average to drought tolerant scale like Achillea, Artemisia, Aster, Echinacea, Paeonia, bearded Iris, Perovskia, Sedum and medium to taller grasses (Muhlenbergia, Panicum, Pennisetum, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium). But goes also well with plant that appreciate more moisture like Amsonia, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Hemerocallis (daylily), Lilium (lily), Stachys, Vernonia or tropical plants.
Picture copyright: US Perennials