Mention sage, if you don't know it, you will feel that a plant and mouse tail are related is not good? In fact, it looks very good, like a beautiful butterfly. There are about 1,000 kinds of plants in the genus Sage, and there are about 100 kinds in China.
Sage plants are beautiful and placed in a small courtyard, making people feel more in the elegant and quiet nature. You can enjoy both the scenery and the fragrance, bringing a variety of sensory experiences.
1. Sky blue sage
Sky blue sage, flowers sky blue, perennial herbaceous plants, the root system is very developed, flowering time is long, can be from May to November around, the color is good, smell a little sweet taste.
2. Blue sage
Blue sage, blue-purple flowers, perennial root flowers. Flowering occurs from May until the end of November. The feeling from a distance is closest to lavender.
3. Dark blue sage
Dark blue sage, the flowers are dark blue, the inflorescence is long, the distance between each flower is very far, and it looks more ethereal and natural from a distance, which is also an important difference from the sky blue sage. The vitality is very strong, the underground roots are developed, and it is easy to spread and grow.
4. Purple sage
Purple sage, dark purple flowers, flowers are more concentrated.
5. White sage
Sage white flowers, white flowers, with several inflorescences drawn at the tip, this flower color is less common.
6. Pineapple sage
Pineapple sage, red, like a bunch of red, of course a bunch of red is also a plant of the genus Sage. Because it smells sweet and sweet, it is named bromeliad sage, which is generally called safflower sage.
7. Cherry sage
Cherry sage is particularly cute, with a red and white color, a wide lower lip is a cherry-like red, and the upper lip is a jade-like white. This is my favorite sage. It was so beautiful.
8. Powder calyx sage
Pink calyx sage, pink flower, the most important identification feature is that after flowering there are eye-catching bracts, not easy to recognize.
9. Blue calyx sage
With calyx sage, the bracts are blue. It is combined with pink calyx sage called sage.
10. Shade sage
Sage is a strong yang plant, while the shade sage is shade tolerant so it can be planted under a well-lit tree hence the name.
11. Gentian sage
It got its name because it resembles the color of the highland gentian flower, which is closer to the color of the clear sky than the flower color of the sky blue sage.
12. Super Sage
Super sage is also a blue-purple flower, what is super? Individual inflorescences are larger and the flowers are denser.
13. Happy sage
Happy sage is mainly produced as an essential oil. Most varieties of sage contain tedroketone, which is harmful to the human body, but happy sage does not have this ingredient, and the fragrance has a little nutty flavor.
14. Fruit sage
This is also a relatively new sage variety, with a fruity aroma in the aroma, you can directly make tea to drink. However, the taste duration is relatively short and light.
15. Medicinal sage
Medicinal sage is a perennial herb with pale purple-pink flowers that bloom relatively early, generally from April to June.
16. Mexican sage (purple sage)
Mexican sage flowers are purple red in color, the flower surface is fluffy, and it blooms in autumn.
17. Two-color Mexican sage
Bicolor sage is also a new variety cultivated in recent years, with both white and purple in one plant.
18. Russian sage
Russian sage, the inflorescence is very large, and the branches are also relatively large. The overall plant is much taller.
19. Baghdad sage
Baghdad sage is also special, with clumps of plants, silvery-gray-green leaves and a pronounced bumpy texture on the surface of the leaves. This sage is very heat-tolerant, and its essential oil characteristics are relatively special, which is more precious in sage.
The main thing to organize this article is to see that this plant is not only beautiful, but also has many forms, and sometimes it is impossible to associate them with the same variety. It's really new and interesting. What kind of sage do friends like the most?