Meet Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha) the show-stopping perennial with velvety purple blooms that pollinators can’t resist! 🐝 Perfect for South Central Texas gardens, it thrives in full sun, ☀️attracts hummingbirds & butterflies, and adds color all the way into fall. 🍁📍available at both locations📍 | Rainbow Gardens

PlantSnap.com identifies Purple sage (Salvia dorrii), a perennial spreading shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to mountain areas in the western United States and northwestern Arizona, found mainly in the Great Basin and southward to the Mojave Desert, growing in dry, well draining soils. | PlantSnap | Facebook

Purple Maize —also called maíz morado in the Andes, where it’s been cultivated for thousands of years. This variety isn’t just beautiful; it’s nutritionally and culturally remarkable. Purple maize owes its color to anthocyanins, the same class of pigments found in blueberries and black rice. These compounds are potent antioxidants that help neutralize free radicals in the body. The Andean varieties—like Kculli, Morocho, or Maíz Morado Peruano—can have anthocyanin levels ten times higher than com