Sage 'Icterina'

Salvia officinalis ‘Icterina'

Prized for its variegated foliage, award-winner Salvia officinalis 'Icterina' (Sage) is a compact, evergreen sub-shrub or perennial with strongly aromatic, oblong, pale green leaves broadly edged in creamy gold. In early summer, it sends up whorls of two-lipped, pale, purplish blue flowers on short, upright flower spikes.

Enjoying both ornamental and culinary qualities, Salvia officinalis 'Icterina' is a favorite of many cooks and gardeners for its unique flavor and lovely foliage. This foliage plant is great for the herb garden and wonderful in perennial borders and cottage gardens.

• Evergreen Herb & Ornamental Groundcover

• Full sun

• Zone 4-8

• Grows 12-24 in. high

• Spacing 18-24 in.

• Deer resistant; drought-tolerant

• Blooms Jul-Aug