salvias
- plural of salvia.
Example Sentences
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Williams’ landscape “canvas” is relatively small, but lushly filled with 20 varieties of California native plants — salvias, ceanothus, buckwheats, mallows and such perennials as monkey flower and yarrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
She said she was more concerned about people staying safe than the welfare of her coleus and salvias plants.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2020
As global temperatures rise, the flowering periods of salvias and other important nectar plants for hummingbirds are shifting earlier in the season, becoming increasingly out of sync with the birds’ foraging demands.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 18, 2018
The Botanic Garden alone, the oldest in the country, could absorb an entire day, and even in autumn intoxicates with its grasses, dahlias, salvias, English yews and something called “purple bush.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2014
As we go on, our eyes rest upon white salvias, the pretty Deptford pink, wild lavender, several species of broom and ferns in abundance.
From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda