Make a bold impression by planting silver sage with cardoon , which also presents eye-catching silvery leaves. The award-winning selection, May Night, offers spikes of deep blue-purple flowers in summer. If deadheaded, it reblooms. Leaves of this mint family member are aromatic, wrinkled and soft-hairy.
Like most salvias, it's left alone by deer and rabbits and is a long-lasting cut flower. May Night salvia and 'Pomegranate' yarrow make a fuss-free, long-blooming combination that butterflies adore. A favorite for its long bloom season, East Friesland salvia is a mound-shape plant with spikes of violet-purple flowers in summer and fall. The notched, wrinkled, medium green to gray-green leaves are aromatic when bruised.
For a classic blue and yellow flower garden idea , grow East Friesland salvia with 'Moonbeam' coreopsis. Instead of thin spikes, 'Plumosa' salvia bears blooms in large purple plumes from early to late summer. This compact selection is perfect for the middle of a flower border. For added contrast, plant this salvia with the daisy-shape flowers of Pixie Meadowbrite purple coneflower.
An eye-catcher for the sunny garden, 'Hot Lips' features off spikes of white flowers. Each bloom is marked with a kiss-shape red marking. A fast-growing selection, 'Hot Lips' looks great in beds, borders, and containers. Plant 'Hot Lips' with lavender to revel in a wonderful soft scent and bold, bright colors. Native to California , giant purple desert sage is rarely grown in gardens, though it deserves to be.
It's wonderfully heat- and drought-tolerant, bearing clusters of lavender-purple flowers all summer and fall over evergreen silvery foliage. Plant delicate white gaura next to this salvia to add a graceful texture.
One of the longest-blooming salvias is 'Raspberry Delight'. It presents clusters of raspberry-red flowers all summer and fall. Like most salvias, it doesn't need much water and thrives in a sunny spot. Deer and rabbits leave it alone , but you'll rarely see it without a visit from a bee, butterfly, or hummingbird. The aromatic foliage has a sweet herbal scent. Hailing from the prairies of North America, this salvia is an end-of-the-season stunner that produces tall spikes of lovely 2-lipped, sky blue flowers.
It's great for cutting and a wonderful accent to mums , kale , and asters. Blue sage is a perfect planting partner for purple-leafed shrubs like Summer Wine ninebark.
Discovered in Australia, 'Wendy's Wish' shows off bright pink-purple flowers all spring, summer, and fall. It has a compact habit and makes for a wonderful cut flower.
This hybrid is one of the great salvias for shade. For a colorful cottage garden look , try planting this salvia next to 'Black and Blue'. The low-growing salvia, Yugoslavian Cut Leaf Sage, is perfect for the front of the perennial border thanks to its fine-textured, feathery foliage and late-spring display of lavender-blue flowers. In especially hot, dry areas it may go dormant for the summer unless you keep it well watered. Add bright summer-long color by growing this sage with 'Oranges and Lemons' gaillardia.
One of the few salvias grown for its foliage instead of its flowers, 'Purple Knockout' presents a low mound of deep purple leaves. It does bloom, but the white summertime flowers aren't particularly significant, though they do attract bees and butterflies. If you don't deadhead it, 'Purple Knockout' may self-seed, acting like a perennial groundcover.
To add more color to your garden , contrast this sage's burgundy foliage with variegated 'Tequila Sunrise' coreopsis. Typically found on dry hillsides and in gravelly soils, purple sage, is tough, easy to grow and beautiful. Its highly aromatic lavender-purple flowers sit atop lush grey-green foliage and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds. Extremely drought-tolerant, purple sage makes a lovely silver foliage accent in native plant gardens.
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Save Pin FB More. Purple Sage Salvia leucophylla lavender flowers against green leafy background. Salvias, also called sages, are easy to grow, bloom abundantly, and look great in the landscape.
There are over different species, but this guide narrows it down to the best types of salvia for growing in your garden.
Start Slideshow. Tweet Email Send Text Message. Credit: Peter Krumhardt. Pink knockout rose and blue salvia plant. Credit: Deb Wiley. Clary Sage Salvia viridis purple flowers. Credit: John Sylvester. Usually, people chew fresh S. The dried leaves of S. Researchers are studying salvia to learn exactly how it acts in the brain to produce its effects. What is currently known is that salvinorin A, the main active ingredient in salvia, changes the way the brain works by changing the way nerve cells communicate.
Nerve cells, called neurons, send messages to each other by releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters. Salvia affects this signaling process. Salvinorin A attaches to parts of nerve cells called kappa opioid receptors. Note: These receptors are different from the ones involved with opioid drugs like heroin and morphine.
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Many of these effects raise concern about the dangers of driving under the influence of salvia. Salvia has become popular as a recreational drug among adolescents and young adults. It is fast acting and thought to have a low incidence of side effects. Also, it has a low addiction potential, people can easily obtain it, and they do not consider it highly toxic.
Mazatec Indians have used salvia for centuries for spiritual divination, shamanism, and medical practices. An agonist attaches to and activates specific central nervous system receptors that are mainly in the brain. The KOR seems to play a key role in regulating human perception.
Mazatec Indians have used salvia for centuries. People have reported visions of a woman or sacred objects during hallucinations. Mazatec shamans brew a tea from the leaves and drink the vision-inducing mixture during religious ceremonies.
Recreational users may inhale the drug through water pipes known as hookahs, smoke it in cigarettes, or chew the leaves while holding the juice inside the cheek. The body absorbs the psychoactive components through the mucous membranes.
People usually experience the most intense effects within 2 minutes after smoking. They last for less than 20 minutes. However, like other legal highs, it may not be safe or legal. In some states in America, the law considers salvia a Schedule I drug and does not permit its sale. Furthermore, inhalation of any smoke when consuming a drug is damaging for the lungs. Salvia is a hallucinogen. This means it causes the user to see or feel things that are not really there.
Some of these hallucinations and sensations are dream-like. A person may not be able to tell the difference between things that are really there or not. The most common side effects of salvia use are:. Spatio-temporal dislocation is where the user feels transported to an alternative time and place, or has a feeling of being in several locations at once.
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