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Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'
Notes

Uses: Hardy ornamental shrub and one of the Sage group of plants. Excellent for Mediterranean style gardens with dense sprays of rich red and red and white flowers. Flowers and leaves are slightly aromatic and bird attracting.

  • Height 0.8-1m
  • Spread 1.5-2m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Lamiaceae
  • Botanical Name Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'
  • Origin Mexico
  • Habit Spreading, Dense
  • Landscape Footslopes, Hills, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red
  • Flowering Time Summer, Autumn
  • Flower Type Lipped
  • Purpose Ornamental, Erosion, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)