Salvia apiana

Also 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 are dry.

WHITE SAGE

Lamiaceae