Texas sage is a popular ornamental plant, commonly used for edge and area plantings in warmer and drier areas it requires minimal water, is easily shaped into hedges, and blooms over the entire surface. This species is found in rocky, calcareous soils. It is easy to grow from seed and is a perennial that grows throughout the. Growing naturally in both woods and prairies, the Pitcher sage makes a tall background plant with lovely blue flowers with white centers. The solitary axillary flowers are bell- or funnel-shaped, with five lobes and two lips. grandiflora) This is one of the varieties that will appreciate a little shade. The species is also called Texas Ranger, Texas rain sage, cenizo, Texas silverleaf, Texas barometerbush, ash-bush, wild lilac, purple sage, senisa, cenicilla, palo cenizo, or hierba del cenizo.
Although commonly known as Texas sage, it is not a true sage and is distinct from the genus Salvia. It has beautiful silvery foliage with lavendar purple flowers. Leucophyllum frutescens is an evergreen shrub in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, native to the state of Texas in the Southwestern United States and the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northern Mexico. Grow Texas Sage in your yard for lots of easy-care beauty.
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