Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Sage in bloom


This sage is in our front yard, where we have more low-maintenance and desert-adapted plants. The Texas sage is a common landscaping plant here which produces lovely purple flowers when the humidity rises. Unfortunately, in most landscapes it is kept pruned into geometric shapes, so you don't see a display of flowers like this.

This location doesn't follow the "right plant in the right place" rule as it is really too large for for this spot, but I wanted to post a picture of it blooming as it will do when allowed to assume its natural shape and size. 

2 comments:

brittannie said...

I love the natural display!!

Unknown said...

Thank you Brittanie! I get so tired of seeing plants sheared into unnatural shapes, instead of the ones nature intended! It's not healthy for the plants, and it usually cuts off most of its beautiful blooms!