Frost Hardy

Frost Hardy Salvias

Frost Hardy

These Salvias can withstand cold temperatures and frosty conditions.

Salvia aurea prostrate
Salvia aurea prostrata

Many frost hardy Salvias survive by becoming dormant in winter. Most of these type of Salvias are either rosette types, being herbaceous or are deciduous. Most  of the Frost hardy evergreen Salvias are either grey, lobed or have rugose  thick leaves, having evolved in  cold frosty areas.

Many Frost hardy species and varieties originate from South Africa, Mediterranean and the Middle Eastern Areas.

Most greggii/ microphylla  varieties will tolerate a light frost.

For more information, visit the pages on each variety or other listed informative pages

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  1. aethiopis
  2. africana  varieties
  3. ‘African sky’
  4. ‘Allen Chickering’
  5. argentea
  6. aurea varieties
  7. aurita var aurita
  8. ‘Bee’s Bliss’
  9. blancoana
  10. broussonetii
  11. ‘Boundary Creek’
  12. canariensis
  13. canariensis var candidissima
  14. ‘Celestial Blue’
  15. chamaedryoides
  16. chamelaegnea
  17. chinopodioides
  18. confertiflora( light frost)
  19. clevelandii
  20. cuspidata var gillsii ( deciduous)
  21. deserta (herbaceous)
  22. desoleana
  23. discolor
  24. disermas varieties
  25. disjuncta
  26. dolomitica
  27. dominica
  28. forskaohlei (herbaceous)
  29. ‘Greek Skies’
  30. glutinosa (herbaceous)
  31. greggii forms
  32. microphylla forms
  33. ‘Finngrove’
  34. flocculosa ( light frost)
  35. fruticosa
  36. indica ( herbaceous)
  37. lanceolata
  38. leucantha
  39. leucophylla
  40. lyrata (dark leaf )
  41. lasiantha
  42. lavandulioides
  43. lavandulifolia
  44. mellifera
  45. miltiorrhiza (herbaceous)
  46. ‘Marine Blue’
  47. muirii
  48. munzii
  49. namaensis
  50. moorcroftiana
  51. nipponica varieties (herbaceous)
  52. nubicola (herbaceous)
  53. officinalis vars
  54. nemerosa vars.
  55. plectranthoides (herbaceous)
  56. pratensis varieties (herbaceous)
  57. prezwalskii ( herbaceous)
  58. palaestina
  59. omeiana ( herbaceous)
  60. radula
  61. regla (deciduous)
  62. repens
  63. rumicifolia
  64. runcinata
  65. sagittata ( light frost)
  66. scabra
  67. sclarea
  68. semi atrata
  69. somalensis
  70. spathacea
  71. squalens
  72. staminea (herbaceous)
  73. superior purple
  74. stepposa (herbaceous)
  75. superba vars (herbaceous)
  76. sylvestris vars (herbaceous)
  77. taraxacifolia
  78. tomentosa
  79. villosa
  80. virgata (Herbaceous)
  81. viscosa (herbaceous)