Common Names: Pineapple Sage, Tangerine Sage
Species: Salvia elegans
Family: LAMIACEAE
Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) is a native to Guatemala and Mexico. It can grow into quite a large shrub, up to 1.5m high under ideal conditions. My one here growing in the garden is not even close to its full size, which is ok as I think it may one day take over the garden bed it's in. The leaves have a pineapple scent (or I guess to some people more of a tangerine scent) when crushed by rubbing them between your hands, not surprisingly this is where the common name of this plant originates from.
