Salvia clevelandii - Cleveland sage

Cleveland sage (Salvia clevelandii) is an aromatic evergreen shrub native to southern California’s chaparral, its leaves used as a culinary sage substitute and its flowers attractive to pollinators.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Salvia spp. - Sage
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Pollination¹
• Wildlife habitat¹
• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Salvia clevelandii | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 7 seconds (also reported at 15 seconds) ↩