Santa Barbara Mexican Bush Sage Live Plant | Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' | Purple Pollinator Perennial

Add graceful color and texture to your landscape with Santa Barbara Mexican Bush Sage, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its velvety purple flower spikes, silvery-green foliage, and compact growth habit. Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' is a long-blooming perennial that attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators, making it a beautiful addition to pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, and drought-tolerant landscapes. With proper care, it may produce blooms under suitable growing conditions.

Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' thrives in full sun and well-draining soil. This compact selection offers months of vibrant blooms from late summer through fall, making it ideal for borders, mixed perennial beds, patio containers, and xeriscape gardens. Once established, it is heat and drought tolerant with minimal maintenance requirements.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Velvety purple flower spikes
• Attractive silvery-green foliage
• May produce blooms under suitable growing conditions
• Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and beneficial pollinators
• Long blooming season from late summer through fall
• Compact, mounding growth habit
• Heat and drought tolerant once established
• Excellent for borders, containers, and pollinator gardens
• Low-maintenance perennial
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara'
• Common Name: Santa Barbara Mexican Bush Sage
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun
• Growing Media: Well-draining sandy or loamy soil
• Water: Water regularly during establishment, then allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings
• Humidity: Low to moderate humidity
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 8–10
• Mature Size: Approximately 24–36 inches tall and 24–36 inches wide, depending on growing conditions

🌼 Perfect For

• Pollinator Gardens
• Hummingbird Gardens
• Butterfly Gardens
• Cottage Gardens
• Xeriscape Gardens
• Perennial Borders
• Container Gardens
• Gifts for Gardeners