Salvia Species, Cancer Weed, Lyreleaf Sage, Wild Sage

American Indians used the root as a salve for sores. Whole plant tea was used for colds, coughs, and nervous debility. Used as a folk rem...Read Moreedy for cancer and warts.

This is a favorite plant I remember from my childhood days. I love the colors of the foliage & the airy look of the blooms. It will somet...Read Moreimes colonize along a road or in a pasture or the edge of the woods. It is a lovely sight to see when in bloom. I let it grow wild in my grass & yard, as I like the natural, woodland look. It can be mowed over & never look back! A rough & tough plant!

A tough little plant and one of my favorite wildflowers. When mass blooming occurs, it looks like a vibrant blue mist hovering over the ...Read Morelawn (okay, I don't like manicured lawns - there, I've said it). I have them planted in a narrow strip (6 in. / 15 cm wide) along my driveway next to a fence and they are thriving there when nothing else I've tried even survived. Excellent companion plant to the Missouri Primrose Oenothera speciosa.

There are variegated cultivars of this plant that are more attractive when not in bloom than the species. Seed generally comes true from...Read More these. Flower color can vary.

This plant reseeds readily. Most of the year it is a basal rosette of leaves from which a flower spike emerges. The flowers are attract...Read Moreive to hummingbirds and butterflies but the spikes are not laden with flowers (i.e. there is a lot of stem in between a few flowers). Spent bloom spikes should be cut off.