ShrubsTexas Sage
Leucophyllum frutescens
Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 8-10, that matures to about 5-8 ft × 4-6 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained and occasionally-dry soil. Expect purple blooms in fall and summer. It attracts butterflies, stands up well to deer, drought and heat, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 8-10
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 5-8 ft × 4-6 ft
- Spacing
- 6-feet-12 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Silver, Green
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Bloom season
- Fall, Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Heat, Salt
- Native to
- Texas and Mexico
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Texas Sage is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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