One is a culinary staple, while the other conjures up images of gardens. But what's the real difference between sage and salvia, and which should you choose?

Of the more than 800 kinds of salvia, the most common is the ancient herb Salvia officinalis or common gray culinary sage. Square stemmed, with pungent foliage, these awesome plants come in many ...

I know that the cold weather is here when I begin to garden from inside the house. Often, I've been caught looking out the window and discussing (with myself) all the things I want to change when ...

When gardeners hear the world salvia, it can bring any number of plants to mind — the old-fashioned, red-spiked annual Salvia splendens, or a blue- or purple-flowering form, or maybe the herb ...

Culinary sage comes in many forms. Salvia officinalis can be planted in purple and green, a green and yellow variegated, or all gray and fuzzy plants like the famous “Berggarten” cultivar ...

The most popular Mexican bush sage cultivar, simply called bicolor, sports purple and white blooms. Other selections include Midnight, a solid dark purple; Mischief, a white-flowering cultivar ...

I have cut back woody herbs (thyme, lavender or sage) in the fall before but they tend not to come back as vigorous. — Carol L.,Center ValleyA: Culinary sage, Salvia officinalis, can be ...

Salvia (sages) is a family of great variety in every aspect of the plants within the family. The colors alone run from brilliant blues to showy yellows. I can’t think of a flower color that does ...

The purple-leaved 'Purpurascens', the most widely grown common sage in the 18th century, develops plummier foliage in hot summers and the flowers always seem a deeper bluer, too.

Introduce a little drama to your garden with purple and burgundy-toned foliage. The post 21 purple plants that thrive in ...