(Mexican Bush Sage)

The velvety, deep-purple flowers of salvia ‘Midnight’ are much darker than those typically seen on the species. A form of the Mexican bush sage, this woody-based, evergreen, tender perennial is often treated as an annual outside its hardiness range. Its tall, arching, wide-spreading stems root easily where they touch the ground. They are lined with small, linear, gray-green leaves with lightly scalloped edges and felted, silvery undersides. Long sprays of small, tubular, fuzzy flowers begin blooming...

(Mexican Bush Sage, Santa Barbara Bush Sage)

This well-mannered dwarf selection of Mexican bush sage offers the same beautiful foliage and dark purple flowers as the cultivar ‘Midnight’, but in a compact size perfect for smaller gardens. Its parent is a woody-based, evergreen, tender perennial native to frost free regions of Mexico and Central America. Showy and fast-growing, this plant is commonly treated as an annual in colder zones.

This dwarf, ‘Santa Barbara,’ forms a dense, wide-spreading mound of silvery stems which root easily when...

(Baby Sage, Hot Lips Sage, Small-leaved Sage)

When faced with the summer heat, 'Hot Lips' keeps blooming and shining. This ornamental sage is a shrubby perennial that originates from the southwestern United States and Mexico. It has sparse, fragrant foliage of medium green and upright, semi-woody stems. Throughout the warmth of late spring, summer and fall it produces beautiful two-lipped, tubular flowers — the bottom lip being large and fan-shaped. These are white with red edges, and are highly attractive to hummingbirds.

Hot Lips sage...

(Scarlet Sage)

A classic bedding plant for sunny containers and beds, scarlet sage is a bushy, tender perennial that originates from Brazil. It has dark to medium green foliage and produces spikes of red flowers when temperatures are warm and accommodating. These tubular blooms are surrounded by equally showy, colorful calyces that persist long after the flowers have faded. The flowers are hummingbird pollinated so this is a shoe in plant for hummingbird gardens.

Full sun and average to rich garden loam with...

(Scarlet Sage)

Picante burgundy scarlet sage is a bright, bushy, tender perennial native to Brazil that is most often used as an annual bedding plant. Known for its vigor and reliably abundant blooms, this plant produces deep burgundy spikes of flowers from late spring to autumn. Picante burgundy scarlet sage is also known for being fairly shade tolerant, an unusual attribute among salvias. Its long bloom time makes this plant a great choice for use as a vertical accent plant in hanging baskets and containers,...

(Scarlet Sage)

Picante series scarlet sage is a bright, bushy, tender perennial native to Brazil that is most often used as an annual bedding plant. Known for their vigor and reliably abundant blooms, plants in this series produce spikes of red, purple, salmon, burgundy or pink flowers from late spring to autumn. Popular cultivars within the series include 'Picante Purple' and 'Picante Burgundy'. Picante series scarlet sage is also known for being fairly shade tolerant, an unusual attribute among salvias. Its long...

(Scarlet Sage)

Picante series scarlet sage is a bright, bushy, tender perennial native to Brazil that is most often used as an annual bedding plant. Known for their vigor and reliably abundant blooms, plants in this series produce spikes of red, purple, salmon, burgundy or pink flowers from late spring to autumn. Popular cultivars within the series include 'Picante Purple' and 'Picante Burgundy'. Picante series scarlet sage is also known for being fairly shade tolerant, an unusual attribute among salvias. Its long...

(Scarlet Sage)

Picante series scarlet sage is a bright, bushy, tender perennial native to Brazil that is most often used as an annual bedding plant. Known for their vigor and reliably abundant blooms, plants in this series produce spikes of red, purple, salmon, burgundy or pink flowers from late spring to autumn. Popular cultivars within the series include 'Picante Purple' and 'Picante Burgundy'. Picante series scarlet sage is also known for being fairly shade tolerant, an unusual attribute among salvias. Its long...

(Scarlet Sage)

A classic bedding plant for sunny containers and beds, scarlet sage is a bushy, tender perennial that originates from Brazil. It has dark to medium green foliage and produces spikes of red flowers when temperatures are warm and accommodating. These tubular blooms are surrounded by equally showy, colorful calyces that persist long after the flowers have faded. The flowers are hummingbird pollinated so this is a shoe in plant for hummingbird gardens.

Full sun and average to rich garden loam with...

(Red Hot Sally Sage, Scarlet Sage)

Red Hot Sally scarlet sage produces stocky spikes of vivid red flowers early in summer and continuing until frost. Native to Brazil, this tender perennial is most often used as an annual bedding plant. Spent flowerspikes may be cut off so that side buds grow and produce more flowers. The flowers are held slightly above the green leaves, creating a dense plant with stout and bright accents of red petals. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds will flock to this plant.

This scarlet sage cultivar needs...