Salvia apiana Palm/Cycad Betulaceae

Betulaceae

BLUE SENTRY CENTURY PLANT

and yellow spring flowers

Otherwise the same as other Myrtus

This hardy semi-shrub is a durable worker in the mixed border or container

Salvia apiana Palm/Cycad BetulaceaeAlso called bee sage, these salvias create bee heaven in spring to early summer when tall stems of fragrant white flowers stand above the foliage. An evergreen perennial, with lance shaped and aromatic, pale gray green, almost white leaves on shrub like stems to 3 4 ft tall and wide, this California native requires, sun, terrific drainage against winter's wet, and little summer water. Frost hardy to 0F, USDA zone 7 and lower, to zone 5, where winters