Common Sage is an upright, shrubby perennial growing from 0.5 to 1m in height. Originating from North Africa and the Mediterranean it has grey-green leaves that are useful in the kitchen and produces clusters of pink-white flowers during spring. A number of different leaf and flower colour varieties are available. This plant dislikes humidity and can be grown as an annual in the dry season in the tropics and with a lime dusting in the sub tropics.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind, Salt
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring
- Gardens
- Mediterranean, Hardy, Formal