Using low-maintenance companion plants like French marigolds ... Consider planting more than one variety of Salvia in your ...

Plant zinnias and salvia seeds outside towards the middle or end of spring. What's most important is that there are no chances of frost coming back, so May or June are good times to get started ...

Q: Are all varieties of salvia (sage) edible? I purchased May Night salvia and it smells elegant. Lee Glore, e-mail A: There are hundreds of members of the salvia family but only a few are ...

Salvia, otherwise known as sage, is the largest genus in the Mint family, with about 900 species of annuals, biennials, herbaceous and evergreen perennials and woody sub-shrubs. The latter is a ...

'May Night' won a Perennial Plant of the Year award back in 1997 and is still one of the best sun-loving performers. But I like 'Marcus' even better. It's more compact (down around a height of ...

Providing a shock of blue so intense it hurts your eyes, this durable plant can make a border appear to be thickly planted because (unlike most perennials, which quit after a few weeks) it blooms ...

May night salvia (Salvia nemorosa “Mainacht” ).A very compact salvia, it has wider leaves than most of those we see in Central Texas and a short bloom of dark purple or almost black.