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Perennials

The long spine of the bed, returning stronger each season.

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PerennialsUSDA Hardiness Zones 9-11

Salvia Hybrid ‘Rockin’ Fuchsia’

Rockin’ Fuchsia Sage

Blooms hot pink

Full to partial sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 6 to 10

Salvia microphylla 'Heatwave Glow'

Glow Peach Mountain Sage

Blooms soft peach to apricot-pink tubular blossoms

Full sun to partial shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 7 to 10

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'

Hot Lips Sage

Blooms red and white bicolor tubular flowers that may appear all red or all white at times

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 5 to 9

Salvia moorcroftiana x indica

Shangri-la Sage

Blooms lavender-blue to pale purple blooms, occasionally with paler lower lips and subtle spotting

Full sun to part sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 9

Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Marvel'

Blue Marvel Meadow Sage

Blooms rich violet-blue flower spikes with darker calyces

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 8

Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’

Caradonna Meadow Sage

Blooms striking, vibrant purple-blue flowers

Full sun to partial shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 9

Salvia nemorosa ‘New Dimension Rose’

New Dimension Rose Meadow Sage

Blooms clear rose-pink carried on dense, upright flower spikes

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 8

Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'

Ostfriesland Meadow Sage

Blooms deep violet-purple spikes

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 9

Salvia nemorosa 'Rose Marvel'

Rose Marvel Meadow Sage

Blooms rich rose-pink with dense, upright flower spikes

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 9

Salvia nemorosa 'Salvatore Blue'

Salvatore Blue Meadow Sage

Blooms rich violet-blue carried on dense, vertical flower spikes

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 3 to 8

Salvia nemorosa 'White Profusion'

White Profusion Meadow Sage

Blooms pure white flowers densely packed along upright branching flower spikes

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 8

Salvia officinalis

Common Sage

Blooms lavender to pale violet on short, upright flower spikes

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 5 to 8

Salvia officinalis 'Icterina'

Icterina Sage

Blooms pale lavender to light violet

Full sun to light shade

PerennialsUSDA Zones 8-10

Salvia patens

Gentian Sage

Blooms deep, intense blue

Full sun to partial shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 8

Salvia verticillata 'Endless Love'

Endless Love Lilac Sage

Blooms violet-purple, in whorled clusters

Full sun to partial shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 4 to 8

Salvia x sylvestris 'May Night'

May Night Sage

Blooms deep violet-blue flower spikes with darker purple calyces

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA Zones 4-8

Salvia x sylvestris 'Schneehuegel'

Schneehuegel Woodland Sage

Blooms pure white spikes

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 5 to 8

Sanguisorba hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel'

Lilac Squirrel Burnet

Blooms long, fluffy lilac-pink catkins

Full sun to partial shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 6 to 9

Sasa veitchii

Kuma Bamboo Grass

Blooms insignificant greenish flowers rarely produced

Full sun to full shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 6 to 9

Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata'

White Striped Dwarf Bamboo

Blooms insignificant greenish flowers rarely produced

Partial shade to full shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 9 to 11 grown as an annual in cooler climates

Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Black Cat'

Black Cat Pincushion Flower

Blooms deep burgundy to nearly black pincushion flowers with contrasting pale pink stamens

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA zones 3 to 7

Scabiosa caucasica 'Perfection Blue'

Perfection Blue Pincushion Flower

Blooms large soft lavender blue pincushion flowers with lighter center

Full sun

PerennialsUSDA Zones 4-9

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Butterfly Blue Pincushion

Blooms soft lavender-blue

Full sun to partial shade

PerennialsUSDA zones 9 to 11

Scadoxus puniceus

Paintbrush Lily

Blooms rounded spherical heads of bright orange to scarlet red flowers with prominent stamens

Partial shade to bright filtered light