Also called bee sage, these salvias create bee heaven in spring to early summer when tall stems of fragrant white flowers stand above the foliage. An evergreen perennial, with lance-shaped and aromatic, pale gray-green, almost white leaves on shrub-like stems to 3-4 ft tall and wide, this California native requires, sun, terrific drainage against winter's wet, and little summer water. Frost hardy to 0F, USDA zone 7 and lower, to zone 5, where winters are dry.

WHITE SAGE

Lamiaceae