Salvia spathacea - Hummingbird sage

Hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea) is a low, rhizome-spreading perennial native to coastal California from Napa to Orange County, with magenta flowers heavily worked by hummingbirds. It grows 0.2-0.5 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Full shade¹

Type

• Salvia spp. - Sage
• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.2-0.5
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Salvia spathacea, Hummingbird Sage | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩