It is one of the flukes of Western gardening that fall is not a prelude to dormancy, but a second spring. As days shorten, many native plants, dormant during the inferno of summer, begin to bloom ...

It is one of the flukes of Western gardening that fall is not a prelude to dormancy, but a second spring. As days shorten, many native plants, dormant during the inferno of summer, begin to bloom ...

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 ...

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, ...

If you are starting a list of plants to put in the ground this fall, you might want to add a salvia or two. With just under 1000 varieties, Salvia is the largest genus in the mint family (Lamiaceae).

Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds adore the salvia blooms. With so many salvias to choose from, and new introductions annually, it is hard to know which to choose. Mature size does vary from some ...

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 ...