Red Hot Sally Salvia

Other Names: Scarlet Sage

Brand: Ball

Ornamental Features:

Red Hot Sally Salvia features beautiful spikes of crimson flowers rising above the foliage from early summer to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's fragrant narrow leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Red Hot Sally Salvia is an herbaceous annual bedding plant with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This annual bedding plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Red Hot Sally Salvia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Border Edging
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Red Hot Sally Salvia will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity extending to 12 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 8 inches. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year.

This annual bedding plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by cuttings.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.