Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage
Salvia clevelandii ‘Winnifred Gilman’ · a blue-flowered Cleveland sage
A California native sage with the most fragrant leaves of them all, red stems and whorls of electric blue-purple flowers in late spring and summer that hummingbirds and butterflies love. It thrives on very little water. Give it fast-draining soil and sun, with some afternoon shade inland; once woody, only tip prune.
- Mature size
- 4 × 4 ft
- 1.2 × 1.2 m, tall × wide
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
- Blooms
- Apr–Jun
Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage at its mature size
A mature Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage grows 3 to 5 feet tall and just as wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: San Marcos Growers, Calscape.
Through the year
What Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Jul–Mar
Gray-green leaves, dry flower stems.
In flower · Apr–Jun
Whorled violet-blue flower balls on upright stems.
Growing Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage
- Grows well in
- California.
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, drought tolerant, and pollinators
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- California and Baja California
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage, that’s about 4 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other salvias and sages
Mexican Bush Sage
Russian SageWinnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage
Allen Chickering SageAll drawn to the same scale.