"Sage never looks better, I think, than when I come upon it in the early morning and find the pebbled leaves silvered over with a summer dew. In its way there is nothing more quietly individual in all the garden." The striking looks and distinctive flavors of culinary sages earn them a place in your ornamental beds as well as your kitchen. A bed of assorted culinary sages (Salvia) is wondrous to behold--a magic carpet of woolly textures and tints flowing in soft mounds. While most kitchen herbs tendtoward various shades of green, sages lend a touch of sophistication to the garden in silvery gray-green tones dusted with purplish hues, or variegated shades of ivory, pale yellow-gold, and rose.
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