I grow this every year, it never survives the winter like my culinary sage does, but it smells just like it. Makes me want to make chicken & dressing! It's so beautiful! It's green with white edged leaves and the stems are purple. There is a hint of purple to some of the leaves also. I really don't understand why it does not make it here in zone 7B, but it never survives. So I just grow it in a container with purple things, as they compliment the hint of purple in it.

We get as cold as 17° but this winter the low was 25° for a short stretch around the new year and it was below freezing till noon for a few days. All our Salvia officinalis including our 'Tricolor' cultivar have made it without any bother. A few died but not in the winter. Some just fail to thrive. It should be hardy downin to zone five. I don't think that would be same if in a pot. I have cooked with all of them with one exception that being S. officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia which has an aroma of Rosemary. I will try it eventually. The others are all about the same to me and they all make me hungry when I smell them. It works great as a color echoed in your pot.

Thank you Leslieray!