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Salvia mellifera Terra Seca - Dwarf Black Sage

Salvia mellifera Terra Seca has wonderfully fragrant foliage. Salvia mellifera is often mentioned as the best sage for making sage honey. Rating a plant for fire danger is partly due to the volatility of the material and partly due to the volume of air within the plant when fire is present. A prostrate variety like Salvia Terra Seca is going to be less of a fire hazard because the plants are lower to the ground. A five year old plant is 18" tall in one of our gardens and has spread to 8 feet in diameter. Salvia Terra Seca is hardy into the teens. Salvia mellifera Terra Seca is a great nectar source for the Painted Lady, Mournful Duskywing, California Dogface Butterfly, Cloudless Sulfur, Sara Orangetip, Umber Skipper Butterfly, White Checkered Skipper, and the Northern White Skipper and is a nice addition to the Butterfly Garden as well as the Hummingbird Garden.

Salvia mellifera Terra Seca

Flowers and foliage of Salvia mellifera Terra Seca, Dwarf Black Sage. High resolution photos are part of our garden image collection.