Salvia reptans is found in western Texas and down the Syerra Madre into central Mexico, not the Pacific Coast. The tall, grass-like form was collected in the Guadalupe Mountains located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico by Pat McNeal of Austin, and it is atypical in form, looking like its cousin Salvua azurea (Prairie Sage). The tall reptans forms thin carrot-like rhizomes and thickened roots that seem designed to exploit cracks between rocks. Both it and azurea are reliably hardy to USDA Zone 5, and may be slow to emerge.

They need drainage to grow properly. If you have potted plants, check the pot for those thin ropy roots. I hope you did not use too big a pot. You want to water very lightly while it is dormant. This is necessary because cold and wet are enemies of sages whose roots need air.

My plants are in my greenhouses, and there is no sign of emergence of new growth yet.

My West Texas grass sage is slow to appear in the spring. I am zone 8 at 1200' in the Sierra Foothills and it is usually April or even May before it pokes up. Even the little ones I have in the greenhouse right now are still asleep, despite our warm "winter" weather in the mid 60s these days.
I noticed my Salvia azurea is showing new growth in the greenhouse, since I moved it from where it used to live outdoors. Love those Salvias!

Thanks for the replies!! This is the first winter for them and since every other salvia was greening up I wondered about these ones. I remember the russian sages doing this as well now. No container pots for my salvias-they are all in garden beds.

Ours on the NorCal coast don't emerge until April, and don't really grow much until June.

I think one of mine is dead. The branches are very brittle. I guess I will wait and see. It has been a wet winter.

Mine appear dead until I finally see tiny green hints. All of the above ground part says "DEAD!" Give it some time, you might be surprised.

If this is of any relevance, in the UK, this Salvia never resprouts until mid-May, then takes off and flowers from July onwards. Be patient and watch out for nasty things which may eat the new shoots!!!

The attached image is of a well established S. reptans in Granby, MA (USDA Zone 5) on May 29, 2014. It has broken dormancy about 14 - 20 days earlier.

Mine just started turning green this week :)

Mine have too. all three of them.

Mine started a week ago in my greenhouse. Most, but not all, growth was from the soil level.

I am grateful for this thread because I think I have dug up two plants before they broke dormancy by accident several years ago.. It is interesting that the smallest one that I grew from a cutting never went dormant. The two young plants that I planted in the fall of 2013 last year did not go dormant either over last winter, but those same plants went dormant this winter all the way to the ground..