Ornamental herb with colorful grayish green leaves marbled with white, pink and purple. Lavender blue flower spikes appear in summer. Strongly aromatic foliage may be used fresh or dried in cooking. Attractive to bees and butterflies. Ideal for herb gardens, mixed borders and containers.

Golden sage has chartreuse leaves that are edged in a gold color. This plant can be used as an ornamental in your garden, as well as a culinary herb. Keep trimmed to encourage new growth for flavor.

This compact sage occasionally has purple-blue flowers in short spikes that bloom in late spring. Tolerant of deer and drought, and attracts bees and butterflies.

Numerous silver-gray leaves grow along rigid, spiny branches. Deep blue to blue-violet flowers grow in clusters above silvery foliage.

Cooks and gardeners alike are indebted to this classic, evergreen perennial for the unique, pungent flavor and aroma that its gray-green leaves produce. It forms a 2.5-foot-tall by 3-foot-wide bush with woody stems that may be trimmed back to newly emerging growth or strong stems in spring. In early to mid-summer, it sends up lavender-purple flower spikes; it has both ornamental and culinary qualities in an herb garden.

The fast-growing plants are very easy to grow and will continue to produce abundantly through summer if kept picked.