Salvia coahuilensis
grows 2-2.5 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide. The Coahuila Sage is native
to the Mountains of Mexico south of the border from Texas. Salvia
coahuilensis puts on an extraordinary show of purple flowers in the Spring
and continues blooming with reduced enthusiasm through the heat of the
Summer. Flowering picks up again in the Fall, particularly if the
Coahuila Sage is given a good trimming during the Summer. The
branches are rather brittle, and the foliage quite fragrant. I trim
the branches of Salvia coahuilensis that already flowered to the ground
during the Winter. Salvia coahuilensis is Winter hardy into the mid
to high teens.
High
resolution images of Salvia
coahuilensis are
available.
