Scarlet Sage, Texas Sage, Cherry Red Sage
Scientific Name: Salvia coccinea Buc'hoz ex Etl.
Synonym:
Family: Lamiaceae ...
( Red Pillar Scarlet Sage )
'Red Pillar' is an upright, bushy perennial that is usually treated as an annual. Grows to 18" tall and 14" wide. Leaves are oval, serrulate, pubescent, light to deep green, to 3" long.
Scarlet sage brilliant flowers light up a garden like beacons summoning hordes of hummingbirds to come hither. Click to download a large version (800x600) of this image.
Description ...
Scarlet Sage
Habitat: Full sun and somewhat sandy soil. Be sure to cover seeds (1/8" to 1/4") when planting as they need dark to germinate. Best when started indoors and transplanted to the garden in spring.
Salvia coccinea Scarlet Sage
annual, easy care
created by ladybug
zones: 4a thru 11b ...
Salvia splendens : Scarlet Sage - Flowers
Salvia viridis 'Claryssa Blue' : Claryssa Blue Horminum - Flowers
Sanvitalia procumbens : Creeping Zinnia - Whole Plant ...
Clary sage, scarlet sage (Salvia sclarea, Salvia splendens)
Clematis, virgin's bower (Clematis species)
Clover (Trifolium species)
Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum)
Club grass (Scirpus cernuus)
Clump bamboo (Fargesia nitida)
Cockscomb (Celosia cristata) ...
Big Mexican Scarlet Sage [English]: Salvia gesneriiflora 'Tequila'
Big Mexican Scarlet Sage [English]: Salvia gesneriiflora
Big Mo Hosta [English]: Hosta 'Big Mo'
Big Moe Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Big Moe' ...
Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally')
Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens)
Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet')
Scarlet Trumpet Vine (Distictis buccinatoria)
Schefflera actinophylla
Schinus molle ...
Salvia splendens, Lamiaceae, SALVIA, SCARLET SAGE
Leaves with long petioles, acuminate apex, dentate margins, square stems. Flowers produced in a terminal raceme, Bracts present, flower color from scarlet, purple, pink, lavender, white.
Scarlet or Texas Sage (Salvia coccinea): Scarlet sage has bright red flowers in whorls on 10-inch spikes. It is hardy in Zone 9 and may overwinter near the coast. It often reseeds itself. If it gets too tall, cut it back in midsummer.
scarlet sage (Salvia splendens) is moderately-sized plant (growing up to 1 m tall) with hairless stems and leaf undersides. Its flowers are usually scarlet red, but may be a wide range of colours in cultivated plants.
Petunias and Calibracoa were introduced into Europe from southern South America in the early 19th century along with a number of other common annual flowering plants such as scarlet sage, portulaca and the garden verbena.
Of these the scarlet sage (S. splendens), native to Brazil, is best known.
Salvia splendens [Salvia, Scarlet Sage] Common Name List
(plant images and info)
Santolina chamaecyparissus [Lavender Cotton] Common Name List
(plant images and info)
Scabiosa caucasica [Pincushion Flower] Common Name List
(plant images and info) ...
 See also: Sage, Salvia, Salvia splendens, Green, May
  
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