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Black Sage is a native California beach sage that has highly aromatic pebbled leaves and pale blue flowers in late winter. It makes a great addition to our Zone 8-11 Fragrant Garden Six Pack . This plant is sometimes available in plug trays.
Black sage is the most common sage in California and northern Baja California, and one of the keystone species of the coastal sage scrub plant community. Black sages grow quickly, mounding to 3 to 6 feet in height and as wide. The plant has attractive dark green leaves, 1-3 inches long. It is semi-deciduous; leaves
The black sage is widespread in coastal sage scrub and mountains from the Bay Area into Baja California. It grows in a rounded form to as high as eight feet, though more typically from four to six feet. The leaves are dark green with a pleasant aroma, and provide an attractive backdrop for gray-leaved species.
Another California Native. This stately sage grows into a substantial shrub up to 10 feet wide. The leaves are aromatic, deep green and textured. It blooms in late winter. Perennial. Hardy to zones 7-10.
California Native Plants for the Garden. Black sage is the most common sage in California. Though less showy than other salvia species and cultivars, it is an important food source for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The flowers are small and pale blue-lavender in color.
black sage. Here is an interesting form of the normally upright, native black sage. 'Terra Seca' grows to about 2 1/2 ft. tall and 5 ft. wide. Perfect for a dry sunny bank where it will cover the ground densely and thickly. It will spill over a wall beautifully. The flowers are pale lavender.
California Black Sage. This plant grows naturally on dry slopes and chaparral throughout Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties. Its dark green foliage has a pungent scent that makes it favorable for burning as incense. White flowers bloom spring through summer.
