Texas Sage
- Botanical Name: Leucophyllum frutescens
- Plant Type: Shrub
- Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- Water Demand: Low
- Landscape Use: Salt Tolerant, Hedge, Deer Resistant
- Ornamental Color: Lavender, Purple, White, Pink, Blue
- Native or Adapted: Native
- Wildlife Value: Butterflies, Birds, Bees, Hummingbirds
- Season: Summer, Spring, Fall
- Deciduous or Evergreen: Evergreen
- Plant Form: Upright
- Region: West Texas
- Plant Spread: 6' - 15'
- Plant Height: 6' - 15'
Description
The Texas Sage is a fairly slow growing plant, and may take up to two years to become fully established and bloom reliably. Once established the Texas Sage is extremely drought tolerant, requires very little supplemental water, and will bloom after a good rain storm. (Dont try to trick it into blooming by watering heavily, it wont work.) After a week or two, the blooms will fall off, but the silver gray green leaves stay year round.
This plant can eventually grow to around six feet tall, and the older it gets the more intense it blooms. Bees really like this plant while it is blooming.
Texas Sage Photos
