Mexican Bush Sage

Lisa's Landscape & Design ♦ 10/12/2025 ♦ Leave a comment

Mexican Bush Sage

I’ve had a long time crush on the Mexican Bush Sage. It is one of those delightfully complex plants with a long narrow, textured, sage-green leaf with a striking silver underside. The flowers are long spikes of pubescent lavender, purple and white, tubular flowers that reach up to the sky in the Texas heat. 

Mexican bush sage

Suitable for Hardiness Zones 8-10

Maturing at about 4’ x 4’+, this perennial shrub is an excellent back drop plant for any garden but is also fabulous planted in mass. This baby is a heat seeking, sun loving shrub that thrives in low water landscapes. This makes it suitable for any xeriscape garden. 

Pollination Station

Bees love this shrub and there have been times when it was actually audible with the buzz of busy bees. Butterflies are also a big fan of this flower for its reliable food source.

Semi Evergreen and Super Low Maintenance 

Another great benefit of this shrub is that is semi-evergreen, which means it stays green in mild winters, or makes a quick comeback after a hard freeze. The only maintenance this shrub requires once established, is that you need to break or cut back the dead stems after a hard winter.

This plant is perfect for hardiness zones 8-10. While it’s not a Texas Native, it is highly adaptable, deer resistant and non invasive. It’s a heat loving, full sun thriving, rockstar shrub that grabs your attention with its spring and late summer blooms. If you have been thinking about adding it to your low water landscape, this is a perfect time to get planting. 

If you’re looking for more sun loving plants for Austin and the surrounding area, contact me at lisalapaso@gmail.com for a Landscape Consultation or Landscape Design. 

Lisa LaPaso

Lisa’s Landscape & Design

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