Salvia misella
Southern River Sage, Creeping Sage
Lamiaceae
Also known as Salvia riparia
Plant Specifics
Form: | Flower | |
Size: | 0.5-0.8 ft tall by 3-5 ft wide | |
Life Span: | Short-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | Blue | |
Fruit Color: | NA | |
Phenology: | Winter dormant | |
Noted for: | Aroma, Fragrance, Interesting foliage |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Used as a ground cover, one of the relatively few Florida plants that both forms a low dense cover and survives shade. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Considerations: | Depending on site, this plant may spread more than preferred, but easy to pull up if it is not wanted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Easily propagated by dividing the root ball, but will also grow from seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Friends, Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Slightly acidic to slightly calcareous |
Ecology
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Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
General Comments: | Depending on cold, this may keep its leaves all year or die back during the winter. In colder areas, consider growing it as an annual. It adapts well to semi-shady to shady well-drained conditions. |