With winter weather off to a good start, following on a spectacular late fall, cool-weather flowers are performing well, and some warm-weather plants are still making a show. As the name indicates, ...

Salvias are important plants for the summer and autumn landscape in South Texas. Most are drought-tolerant and all (as far as I know) are deer-proof. I say most are drought-tolerant because the Salvia ...

Among the most popular, colorful and easy-care natives is tropical sage, a short-lived, reseeding perennial that attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Suitable for sun or moderate shade, tropical ...

The long, sizzling, humid days of August can be rough on flowering plants in the landscape. Gardeners can choose to avoid the heat by putting the garden to bed and stay inside during the hottest part ...

Known as Scarlet sage, this is drought-tolerant and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Up North, salvia is an annual. But here in zone 10b, it behaves as a perennial, sending up whorls of bright ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unplugged So Blue salvia was the first in the Unplugged group and has won 37 awards. Here it is seen with Heat it Up Yellow ...

A while back, I was thinking about putting together something on salvias. It's one of my favorite garden plants. My plan was to put together something big, comprehensive, talk about ALL the different ...

Evolution salvia is a cultivar of mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea) and comes in two colors, white and purple. (Photo courtesy of the LSU AgCenter) Evolution salvia, bursting with purple and white ...