General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 3 to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Fragrant
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Pink
Red
White
Other: In the wild, flowers also may occur in rose, white, occasionally pink, lavender, and violet.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Late fall or early winter
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Autumn Sage
  • Cherry Sage
  • Gregg's Sage
  • Texas Sage
  • Gregg Salvia

Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii) was a featured
Plant of the Day for September 10, 2016.
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Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2014-07-24
Hoping the hummingbirds will like this one. :-)
Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2023-04-21
Great hardy little Texas native that survives drought and brings
Location: Aberdeen, NC (Aberdeen Feed and Seed supply store)
Date: March 28, 2023
Autumn sage #194 nn; LHB p. 858, 176-18-15; "Name from 'salvo', t
Location: Arenas Valley, New Mexico my yard
Date: 2015
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-10-22
this was grown from a seed ...
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31
#pollination
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2010
This salvia blooms best in the fall.
Location: Southeast Alabama usa
Date: 2017-04-18
First salvia to feed my first arrival of a female Ruby Throat hum
Location: Georgia, USA
Date: Autumn
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2014-07-24
Although this one might be Furman's Red, it was just labeled as "
Uploaded by tx_flower_child
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2009-06-16
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2010
Extreme close up.
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: Apr 16, 2012
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: Apr 16, 2012
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-06
Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-20
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-20

Date: 2013-10-09
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Labeled as
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2013-04-12
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-09-18
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: North Central TX Zone 8a
Date: 2017-12-27
In my perennial bed
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: Dallas, TX Zone 8a
Date: 2016-05-08
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-10-03
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2009-06-08
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: September
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-20

Date: 2013-10-09
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-09-17
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2015-12-27
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: Apr 16, 2012
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: Apr 16, 2012
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: San Antonio TX
Date: 2017-10-22
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
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Comments:
  • Posted by plantmanager (New Mexico - Zone 8a) on Apr 8, 2017 2:16 PM concerning plant:
    This has been a wonderful little plant for me. It survived another snowy, cold winter. There was very little to cut off to clean up the plant. It is very drought tolerant, but thrives with a bit of water. Right after I cleaned it up and watered it, it put out a huge flush of green leaves and just a few days later it burst into bloom. It's such a bright, beautiful little plant full of flowers. The best thing is that my resident deer and rabbits are leaving it alone! Now I want more salvias in different colors.
  • Posted by Deebie (midstate South Carolina - Zone 8a) on Sep 9, 2016 6:33 PM concerning plant:
    In my zone 8a, salvia greggii overwinters well in the ground. It blooms from early spring to late fall, if it is kept deadheaded. It is also evergreen in my zone and tolerates our heat and humidity really well. The hummers love the red flowers, and I would not be without this plant. I love its relaxed look in the garden. It's a keeper.
  • Posted by plantmanager (New Mexico - Zone 8a) on Apr 9, 2016 9:53 AM concerning plant:
    I'm very pleased with my Salvia greggii! It has grown well and blooms nearly full time from spring through fall. The deer and rabbits are avoiding it, which is wonderful. I live in an area where most plants get eaten by the critters. It does seem to need a bit more water than some of my other plants, but I don't mind because the flowers are so bright and beautiful.
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 25, 2013 9:46 PM concerning plant:
    "Salvia greggii (Autumn sage) is a herbaceous perennial native to a long, narrow area from southwest Texas, through the Chihuahuan Desert and into the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, typically growing in rocky soils at elevations from 5,000 to 9,000 feet. It was named and described in 1870 by botanist Asa Gray after Josiah Gregg (1806 – 1850), a merchant, explorer, naturalist, and author of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico who found and collected the plant in Texas. It is closely related to and frequently hybridizes with Salvia microphylla. Contrary to its common name, it blooms throughout the summer and autumn.

    Salvia greggii is a highly variable plant, with numerous named cultivars, reaching anywhere from 1 to 4 feet in height and less in width. It can be either upright or mounding. The leaves are typically mid-green and glabrous, tending to be less than 1 inch long, and with a spicy fragrance. Flower size and color are extremely variable. Flowers reach from .25 to 1 inch in length, and include many shades of scarlet and red (most common in the wild), along with rose, white, pink, lavender, apricot, and violet. The plant is used widely in horticulture.

    Popular named cultivars include 'Furman's Red', a cultivar from Texas that blooms profusely in autumn with dark red flowers. 'Big Pink' has a large lower lip with a deep pink color and lavender tint. 'Purple Pastel' is a small variety that repeat blooms in autumn. 'Cherry Chief 'blooms reliably in the humid southern United States. 'Desert Pastel' has pale apricot flowers with yellow streaks, and prefers mild climates.

    Other cultivars include: 'Alba', a white flowered variety; 'Peach', with vivid red flowers; 'Strawberries and Cream', yellow and pink.

    Natural hybrids between S. greggii and S. microphylla were discovered in Mexico in 1991 by an English plant expedition. The variously colored hybrids are collectively named Salvia × jamensis after the nearest village, Jame. The collectors gathered seed from nearly 30 different colors of flowers. It was later discovered that plants collected in 1991 by collectors from Yucca Do Nursery in Texas were also forms of Salvia × jamensis. The various forms most resemble S. greggii in height, though they show a range of variety in other traits."

    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
Plant Events from our members
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MunchkinsMom On March 27, 2016 Bloomed
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MrsBinWY On June 29, 2019 Transplanted
On 6-29-2019, planted 3 by irrigation boxes.
MrsBinWY On April 25, 2019 Potted up
10 (1 more seedling had just germinated, but I broke it off)
MrsBinWY On March 11, 2019 Seeds germinated
1; 9 on 3-16-19
MrsBinWY On March 8, 2019 Seeds sown
14 commercial seeds (all) from luvsgrtdanes in milk jug @ warm room temp
WebTucker On March 29, 2023 Bloomed
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