Salvia koyamae RHS Award of Merit Winners Virtually every year

Virtually every year

This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer

The fronds first emerge upright

As with all blue-leaf hostas

a hummingbird celebration

Salvia koyamae RHS Award of Merit Winners Virtually every yearSalvia koyamae is a delightful Japanese sage that forms a 2' tall x 3' wide clump in the woodland garden. The slowly enlarging clump is composed of hastate, hairy green leaves that give a bold effect in the garden. While Salvia koyamae will grow in the morning sun, it prefers a shady woodland setting. The clumps are adorned with terminal spikes of soft yellow tubular flowers that just top the foliage from late summer through fall great in a mass