Download Salvia apiana, WHITE SAGE - Tree of Life Nursery California Native

Salvia apiana, WHITE SAGE
he largest grower of California native plants in the state, Tree of Life Nursery has
been located on the historic Rancho Mission Viejo in San Juan Capistrano for over
20 years. Largely a wholesale nursery, the Roundhouse Plant Store is open to the public
Fridays year-round and Saturdays in fall and spring. For those interested in learning
more, we offer a large selection of books on the California region regarding landscaping
and horticulture, natural history, conservation, and more. The nursery’s catalog, “Plants
of El Camino Real,” is a beautifully arranged collection of information about the plants
we grow, with helpful hints for landscapers and gardeners looking for the right plant for
the right place. Come experience Tree of Life for yourself!
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Salvia = healing, wellness
apiana = attractive to bees
Traditional Uses:
food/spice-stem tops and seeds
eaten, leaves used for flavoring
drug- dermatalogical aid, cold
remedy, deoderant, blood tonic,
eye cleanser
Plant Profiles
hite sage is an aromatic, evergreen subshrub with thick, silver leaves
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that was used by native Americans for many purposes. Its tall,
upright flowering stalks bear small white flowers and make it a dramatic
accent, background or slope plant. Flowering from mid-spring through
early summer, white sage is a common member of the coastal sage scrub
and chaparral plant communities of southern California. Its growth habit
ranges from 3 to 5 feet tall, spreading to 5 feet in full sun to part shade
and well-drained soil. In the California garden, natives from similar plant
communities grow best with white sage, and it looks beautiful in combination
with Artemisia californica, Baccharis pilularis, Malacothamnus fasciculatum,
Opuntia littoralis, Rhus integrifolia, Salvia leucophylla, and Yucca whipplei.
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