Texas Sage

  • Common Name: Texas sage, cenizo, barometer bush, purple sage
  • Botanical Name: Leucophyllum frutescens
  • Family Name: figwort family
  • Type: perennial
  • Zone Hardiness: 7–9
  • Height: 3–5 ft
  • Width: 3–5ft
  • Blooms: Showy bell- or funnel-shaped purple, lavender, or white flowers
  • Bloom Time: late spring to the first fall frost
  • Sun: Full sun
  • Leaves: Evergreen to semi-evergreen, opposite, simple leaves, silvery-gray due to dense hairs
  • Maintenance: Low for beginners, thrives with minimal pruning and prefers no fertilization; prune lightly to shape after flowering
  • Tolerates: Drought and heatPoor, rocky, alkaline, or caliche soils, Salt spray, and coastal conditions.
  • Attracts: Bees, butterflies
  • Texas Superstar: No
  • Texas Native: Yes
  • Invasive: No