Salvia 'Red Velvet' - Red Autumn Sage

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'

€8,00

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'

€8,00

Organic

Sustainable

Locally grown

🪴Standard: 9x9 cm pot

🚂 Ships across EU

🌱 Grown without pesticides or UV lamps

☀️ Sun Loving
💦 Drought Tolerant
🌸 Long Flowering Season

Flower Color: Red, White

Preferred Soil Type: Well-drained, Sandy

Sunlight: Full sun

Hardiness Zone: Zone 6 : -20°C

Growth Habit: Upright

Origine: Arizona/New Mexico

Salvia microphylla is an evergreen shrub with an abundant flowering season, found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico.

The leaves are small, bright green and very fragrant.

The flowers are bright red and white, hence the Hot Lips name, and continuously flowering over the course of the summer.

Learn more about gardening with Salvias:

- ENG: Pruning and Caring for Salvia microphylla
- FR: Sauge arbustive : Guide complet - culture et entretien

✂️ Cut it back in spring to allow the new growth to flourish and to give your bush a nice shape.
If your area is particularly frosty in the winter months, add some mulch to protect the roots.

Salvia counts over 900 species so there are so many to choose from!

The microphylla species itself is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s.So what is labelled microphylla may actually be greggii and what is greggii may actually be lemmonii... and since they all hybridize together... it's a real special kind of party.Though I am not a botanist, the research I have done has led me to believe that this is, in fact, a Salvia microphylla or a Graham's sage (flowers arranged in whorls, late spring heavy blooming, leaves are ovate and smooth and smell of blackcurrants when crushed)Additionally, the plant is grown as a medicinal plant in central Mexico and used to make tea, and has been demonstrated to possess anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties.In Ecuador, fresh leaves, and flowers of Salvia microphylla are used to treat inflammation of the arms, feet, and rheumatism