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Golden Variegated Sage

Scientific name: Salvia officinalis 'Icterina'
Taxonomy
Family:Lamiaceae
Type:Herbaceous perennials
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:7 to 10
Sun:Full sun
Moisture:Dry
Plant Characteristics
Height:2 ft
Width:2 ft
Bloom:Summer flowers
Bloom Time:June
Bloom Color:Lavender
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description Used primarily as an herbaceous perennial, Golden Variegated Sage can also be considered a culinary herb whose leaves have a unique pungent flavor and aroma when used in cooking.

  Morphology:
This sage cultivar forms a clump 2’ tall and as wide. It stems bears green leaves with irregular yellow margins.

In early summer it may send up flower stalks of two-lipped lavender-purple flowers.

  Adaptation:
Golden Variegated Sage needs full sun. It does best on loam soils, but cannot with-stand wet soils during the winter. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. During the spring before new growth emerges it is best to cut away the spent winter foliage.

  Pests:
None reported.
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