Species
Scarlet sage
Salvia coccinea
Varieties
2 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenthurst pinkBSI-FL66105 | — |
| Details |
| ScarletBSI-FL66223 | — |
| Details |
Salvia coccinea is perennial in warm climates but treated as an annual where frost ends growth.
Botanical characteristics
Its tubular flowers sit in loose whorls along upright stems. Although the species name means scarlet, garden selections include other colours. Water during dry spells can sustain flowering even though established plants tolerate some drought.
Pink and scarlet reference labels
Brenthurst Pink and Scarlet retain contrasting colour labels for seed assortments.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Salvia coccinea
- Common names
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- Blood sage
- Blood sage
- Scarlet sage
- Texas sage
- Tropical sage
- Cherry red sage
- Texas sage
- blood-sage
- red salvia
- scarlet sage
- scarlet-sage
- tropical sage
- wild salvia
- Synonyms
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- Horminum coccineum
- Mentha sylvestris mollissima
- Salvia ciliata
- Salvia coccinea
- Salvia coccinea ciliata
- Salvia coccinea f. pseudococcinea
- Salvia coccinea minima
- Salvia coccinea pseudococcinea
- Salvia coccinea pumila
- Salvia coccinea var. minima
- Salvia coccinea var. pseudococcinea
- Salvia filamentosa
- Salvia galeottii
- Salvia glaucescens
- Salvia mollissima
- Salvia pseudococcinea
- Salvia rosea
- Salvia superba
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
- Species
- Salvia coccinea