Prized for its large leaves, award-winner Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten' (Berggarten Sage) is a spreading sub-shrub with strongly aromatic, broad, silvery gray-blue leaves. In summer, it sends up whorls of two-lipped, pale violet-blue flowers on short, upright flower spikes. Enjoying both ornamental and culinary qualities, this plant is great for the herb garden and also wonderful in perennial borders and cottage gardens.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
• Easy to grow, Purple Sage grows in clumps up to 18-24 in. tall and wide (45-60 cm). Avoid excessive winter wet.
• Enjoys full sun (light shade is tolerated) in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils. Avoid excessive winter wet.
• This superb cultivar is really an interesting plant that makes an attractive accent in beds and borders, city gardens, cottage gardens, Mediterranean gardens, herb gardens or containers.
• Keep an eye out for sage leaf hopper, capsid bug, slugs, foot and root rots, powdery mildew and verticillium wilt.
• Drought tolerant and deer resistant, it is attractive to bees, butterflies and occasionally to hummingbirds.
• Clip the foliage back in spring to promote fresh new leaves.
• Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring or semi-hardwood in late summer