Prized for its kaleidoscope of colors, Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor' (Tricolor Sage) is a spreading evergreen sub-shrub with strongly aromatic, oblong, gray-green leaves adorned with cream-white and pink streaks. The leaves may be used fresh or dried in cooking. In early summer, it sends up whorls of two-lipped, light blue flowers on short, upright flower spikes. Great for the herb garden, Tricolor Sage is also wonderful in perennial borders and in cottage gardens.

• Easy to grow, Tricolor Sage grows in clumps up to 12-18 in. tall and wide (30-45 cm).
• Enjoys full sun (light shade is tolerated) in average, dry to moist, 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, coastal 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