Salvia microphylla hot lips

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' - Boething Treeland Farms

Favorite Plant in the Garden - Hot Lips Salvia. c. I am always looking for good plants that attract hummingbirds, right now the star of my yard is Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'. It's a fast-growing plant that gets about 30" tall and will spread pretty wide if you let it. They are easy to prune however and easy to shape. I don't cut them back too much in the fall, but rather wait until late spring to tidy them up. They develop a woody trunk after a few years and I have had sections of olde

Photo of Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' flower, foliage, form, landscape by Little Prince of Oregon

This guide profiles the prettiest varieties of salvia plants to grow in gardens. Learn about different salvia plants and their care details.

- This salvia produces red and white bi-colored flowers. Some flowers are all white while others are all red. Temperatures affect the flower color. This is an exceptionally good bedding plant for summer color. It also does well growing in containers.

(Click on a picture and you can start a slide show) Acantholimon bracteatum v. capitatum Anchusa capensis Arctotis adpressa Artemisia filifolia Anemone ranunculoides Asarina procumbens Asphodeline damascena Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' Helichrysum praecurrens Festuca scoparia 'Pic Carlit' Lilium philadelphicum v. andinum Lobelia cardinalis (hybrid) Paeonia cambessedessii Penstemon utahensis in the wild Penstemon utahensis in the wild and cultivation Primula ellisiae Salvia indica…

Better behaved than other Salvias, 'Little Kiss' Salvia remains dense and compact at only 18” high, but still has all of the qualities we love. These tough, low water, easy care perennial shrubs will attract pollinators from spring through fall.

Photo #69/97 of Blackcurrant Sage (Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'). Photo Location: My Garden In Warrenville, Sc on 2016-04-26.

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