Sage

Salvia · Sauge

Herb

🧩 Role in the garden

Family: Lamiaceae
Height: medium (40–100 cm)
Shape: compact
Roots: medium depth
Sun: full sun
Season: perennial
Grows in: summer or winter beds

Jobs in the bed

Brings pollinatorsFlowers that feed bees and butterflies. Useful next to crops that need pollinating.
Feeds beneficial insectsSmall open flowers feed hoverflies, parasitic wasps and lacewings, which eat aphids and caterpillars.

Rotation

Do not return Lamiaceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:

How these roles work in the Guide →

✿ Benefit

Flowers feed bees and beneficial insects

Woody perennial: give it a permanent, well-drained spot

✓ Place near

✗ Keep apart

None listed.