Texas sage how to#

‘Green Cloud’ has green leaves rather than the usual silvery-green.

‘White Cloud’ has white flowers, instead of purple.

‘Compacta’ is a smaller form that reaches about 5 feet (1.5 m) tall.

Individual leaves are softly textured and grow to around 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. Texas sage plants have beautiful foliage consisting of grayish to silver-green leaves, which take on this color due to the presence of fine silvery hairs. These plants are native to Texas and Mexico where they can be found growing on rocky slopes in areas with calcareous, alkaline soils. Most plants, however, are seen as 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall shrubs. Texas sage is an ornamental evergreen shrub that can grow up to 8 feet (2.4 m) tall and about 6 feet (1.8 m) across. These plants have many common names, including Texas sage, cenizo, Texas ranger, Texas rain sage, purple sage, silverleaf, Texas silverleaf, barometer bush, wild lilac, and ash bush.

Texas sage is a native evergreen shrub of the Scrophulariaceae family.

Texas sage how to#

Read on to learn how to grow and care for this heat-loving shrub.

These plants are a great low to no-maintenance option for low rainfall areas that will add shades of silver and gray to the landscape when not covered in beautiful purple blossoms. Texas Sage is a wonderful native evergreen shrub for zones 8 to 11.