Perennials: California Salvia Summit Picture Travelogue August 2008, 0 by Rich_dufresne

Rich_dufresne wrote:
Salvia lycioides, especially the forms from the Guadeloupe Mountains on the Texas-New Mexico border north of Big Bend, are pretty durable in USDA zone 6. It needs drainage and heavy rains will mess it up unless it has good drainage.

It is also found at the higher elevations of the mountains around Saltillo and Monterrey, and may be a parent of other blue sages it is related to, such as S. coahuilensis and S. muelleri, found at lower elevations, often in swarms with S. greggii and S. microphylla forms.