Mexican Sage (Salvia mexicana 'Limelight') in the Salvias Database

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Shrub
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Wet Mesic Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height:	4-6 feet
Plant Spread:	4-6 feet
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color Evergreen Fragrant
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Purple Other: blue-violet
Flower Time:	Late summer or early fall Fall Late fall or early winter Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Uses:	Cut Flower Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds
Resistances:	Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds:	Sow in situ Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem Division
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years Needs excellent drainage in pots
Child plants:	one child plant

Common names

Mexican Sage

'Limelight' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 12, 2015.

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-10-18

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Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2019-03-16
At a local nursery

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Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2020-04-12
The buds on this salvia are huge, and the leaves look similar to

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Location: in my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 09-29-2020
Salvia mexicana 'Limelight'

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Location: in my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 09-29-2020

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Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2020-05-17
Leaves & flowers on this salvia are huge. It has outgrown the pot

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Location: in my garden
Date: 2020-10-07
'Limelight' Salvia

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Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2020-05-17
Flowers on this salvia are a wonderful color and very large.

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Location: In my Mom's garden
Date: 2011-10-12

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-10-16

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-10-13

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Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2011-10-07

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Location: Austin ,TX
Date: September
Full sun, 5 ft high and 5 ft wide

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Location: Austin ,TX
Date: September
full sun, 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide

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Location: Ocean Springs, MS
Date: September 2011

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-11-06

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Location: AZ
Date: 2016-06-08
New plant this year from 3.5" starter plant, I am very impressed

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-10-01

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-10-01
Container grown plant.

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Comments:

Posted by Bubbles (Austin, Tx - Zone 8b) on Feb 25, 2013 12:22 PM concerning plant:

This has been a reliable, pest-free perennial with low water requirements. I have it growing in full sun, where it is also open to the elements of wind and cold. It freezes to the ground each winter and comes back in late February. It will grow to about six feet tall and six feet wide by late summer in my garden. The long bloom spikes consist of gorgeous electric blue flowers emerging from lime green calyxes. It will bloom from late summer to the first hard freeze. It attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and neighbors (for those showy blooms).

This salvia was discovered growing in Quertaro, Mexico by Robert Ornduff in 1978. It is also known as Lolly Jackson salvia as it supposedly was found growing in her front yard garden.

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Posted by RickCorey (Everett WA 98204 - Zone 8a) on Oct 10, 2011 7:30 PM concerning plant:

According to Richard F. Dufresne, Salvia mexicana `Limelight’ may grow to 4 feet in full sun, with 18" spikes. He gives the hardiness zone as "8 (7?)".

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Disconnect with plant height? by eclayne	May 7, 2012 11:32 AM	2

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Mexican Sage (Salvia mexicana 'Limelight')