Salvia apiana Palm/Cycad and well-drained soil

and well-drained soil

up to 24" in length

Either way the naked stems remain green through the winter and produce barely fragrant

Otherwise the same as other Myrtus

Salvia apiana Palm/Cycad and well-drained soilAlso 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