WorldFloraDB - Salvia clevelandii

Characteristics

A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 60-120 cm high and spreads 40-65 cm wide. The leaves are grey-green and have a wrinkled surface. They have teeth around the edge. The flowers are lilac, blue or white and in upright spikes.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.2 - 1.33

Mature height (meter)

0.6

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a warm temperate to subtropical plant. It suits dry places. It needs sunlight and a well drained soil. It suits hardiness zones 8-10.

More

Sunny positions in chapparal plant communities; at elevations up to 900 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves can be used for flavour in cooking.

Uses	-
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	10 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°)	20 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-