The silvery leaves of Texas sage shrub offer a visual respite in the height of summer heat. Its gray, green, or silver 1-inch leaves are fuzzy, and provide a delicate backdrop for the vibrant flowers.

Mealy Blue Sage grows between 2 feed and 3 feet wide and tall with gray-green leaves that have a slightly rough texture. When mature, it is upright, bushy and is heat tolerant.

Other than lace bugs that cause the leaves to turn mottled pale gray, I’ve not seen insects or diseases cause any problem for Texas sage, so I don’t think this is anything that’s going to ...

Ferdinand Lindheimer, the father of Texas botany, collected the first herbarium specimens of big red sage in the 1840s. Other botanists reported it intermittently until 1946.

The big red sage, a rare Texas wildflower native to the Edwards Plateau, was proposed for endangered species protections Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.. Once presumed extinct, the ...

(THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) - The big red sage, a rare Texas wildflower native to the Edwards Plateau, was proposed for endangered species protections Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.. Once ...