The sage herbs you cook with in the kitchen also a makes a delicious addition to dry landscapes and container gardens. Culinary sage or salvia officinalis is native to the warm Mediterranean regions and the grayish green shrubs grow to a height of three feet tall. Leaves are fragrant and sticky and can be used in cooking either fresh or dried. Sage grows in full sun to partial, dappled shade, and are hardy to about 20 degrees. Their beautiful blue flowers appear on tall stalks in the summer.

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