Promising Plants Profiles

Salvia 'Newe Ya'ar'

Genus: Salvia
Cultivar Name: 'Newe Ya'ar'
Common Name: silver sage, silver leaf sage
Family: Lamiaceae

Flower Color: blue-lavender
Form: shrub/perennial with woolly stems
Hardiness Zone: reportedly 6-9, but may not be consistently hardy north of 8a
Height: 3'
Soil: well-drained, sandy loam
Sun: full sun

Uses: culinary, ornamental
Parts Used: leaves

"The cultivar name is pronounced (noy yar), which in Hebrew means "good plant." Madalene Hill originally showed Salvia 'Newe Ya'ar' (Salvia officinalis x S. fruticosa) during the 2001 Promising Plants presentation. Ten years previously, she came across this plant in a packet of fresh herbs from Israel, labeled 'oregano.' True to form, Madalene noted that they looked quite different from common sage – and of course nothing like oregano – and rooted the stems. To her surprise the resulting plants thrived in the hot, humid Texas summers, which common sage fails to do. She gave one cutting to Dr. Art Tucker, who traced the origin and correct name of this Israeli hybrid." – Deni Bown, Promising Plants Presentation, 2006

Plant Source: not yet available in the trade

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