(Autumn Sage, Stampede Citron Sage)

Stampede citron sage is a heat-loving, compact, semi-evergreen perennial. Throughout summer and fall, this floriferous plant becomes covered with small medium green leaves and bears loose spikes of pretty lipped flowers of palest yellow. Drought tolerant and tough, it is easy to grow if provided with full sun and well drained, average soil. Its flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and add color to containers and sunny mixed beds. In northern zones autumn sage may be grown as a tender perennial....

(Autumn Mexican Bush Sage, Mexican Bush Sage)

Mexican bush sage is an evergreen perennial subshrub that is commonly grown as a tender perennial. It originates from Mexico and Central America and is admired for its beautiful, tall arching habit, gray-green foliage and fantastic sprays of flowers that appear in late summer to fall. These soft, fuzzy, tubular flowers are born on linear spikes and come in shades of purple, blue, pink or white.

Mexican bush sage thrives in warm, sunny conditions and well-drained soil with average fertility. It...

(Cancer Weed, Lyreleaf Sage)

Cancer weed is a short perennial wildflower with lavender blossoms. A central and eastern United States native, it sends up a tall flowerspike in mid to late spring with lavender to light blue blossoms that will attract bees and butterflies.

Cancer weed needs a full sun location in soils that are well drained but moist to wet. It will reseed itself after blooming. For that reason, it may not be the best suited for tightly manicured gardens. It makes a worthwhile addition to a cottage garden,...

(Scarlet Sage)

A classic bedding plant for sunny containers and beds, scarlet sage is a bushy, tender perennial that originates from Brazil. It has dark to medium green foliage and produces spikes of red flowers when temperatures are warm and accommodating. These tubular blooms are surrounded by equally showy, colorful calyces that persist long after the flowers have faded. The flowers are hummingbird pollinated so this is a shoe in plant for hummingbird gardens.

Full sun and average to rich garden loam with...

(Red Hot Sally Sage, Scarlet Sage)

Red Hot Sally scarlet sage produces stocky spikes of vivid red flowers early in summer and continuing until frost. Native to Brazil, this tender perennial is most often used as an annual bedding plant. Spent flowerspikes may be cut off so that side buds grow and produce more flowers. The flowers are held slightly above the green leaves, creating a dense plant with stout and bright accents of red petals. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds will flock to this plant.

This scarlet sage cultivar needs...

(Scarlet Sage, Vista Purple Sage)

This is a purple-flowered cultivar of Salvia splendens, a tender perennial evergreen sage native to Brazil known as Scarlet sage. Not hardy, it is grown in the garden as an annual for continuous bloom from purple flowers massed on leafy, upright stalks above a clump of green, toothy leaves. Flowering can start as early as late spring and run to late fall, unchecked by the heat of summer. Prompt removal of spent flower stalks prolongs flowering.

Give 'Vista Purple' a location in full...

(Autumn Joy Stonecrop, Hybrid Showy Stonecrop)

Autumn Joy stonecrop is a popular garden perennial because it is beautiful and virtually indestructible, if given the right growing conditions. It is valued for its late season of bloom and waxy, succulent green leaves. In late summer to fall, strong, upright stems support broad, rounded clusters of flowers. These are small, numerous, star-shaped and light pink in bud opening to pale pink to rose. Stonecrop is herbaceous, so its foliage dies back in winter, but the dried, brown, upright flower heads...

(Showy Stonecrop, Upright Sedum)

Tall or showy stonecrop is a popular garden perennial that is beautiful and virtually indestructible, given the right growing conditions. This native of China and Korea is valued for its late season of bloom and succulent pale green, gray-dusted leaves. From late summer to fall, strong upright stems support broad domed clusters of small starry rose, pink, or white flowers. Tall stonecrop is herbaceous, so its foliage dies back in winter, but its dry, brown, upright seedheads may be left to provide...

(Neon Sedum, Showy Stonecrop, Upright Sedum)

Neon showy stonecrop is a beautiful garden perennial that is virtually indestructible, if given the right growing conditions. This native of China and Korea is valued for its late season of flowering and succulent green leaves with a gray waxy bloom, or whitish film. In late summer to fall, strong, upright stems support broad, rounded clusters of flowers. These are small, numerous, star-shaped and bright pink. Tall stonecrop are herbaceous, so their foliage dies back in winter, but their dried, brown,...

(Tworow Stonecrop)

Two-row stonecrop is a robust creeping succulent groundcover from the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Sun-loving and drought tolerant, this popular evergreen to semi-evergreen garden perennial is primarily grown for its dense fleshy rounded foliage that ranges from green to blue-green or gray. Some cultivars have red-tinged or variegated leaves. The funnel-shaped flowers of this summer blooming species are pink or rose and appear in flat terminal clusters. These are very attractive to bumblebees and...