Species
Scarlet sage
Salvia splendens
Varieties
13 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
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| BonfireBSI-FL52679 | — |
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| CarabiniereBSI-FL25251 | — |
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| Blaze of FireBSI-H424000 | — |
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| Early BirdBSI-H421000 | — |
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| Early BonfireBSI-H426000 | — |
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| Rocket (Hot Jazz)BSI-H425000 | — |
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| Scarlet FlareBSI-H427000 | — |
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| Scarlet PiccoloBSI-H422000 | — |
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| SentinelBSI-H425400 | — |
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| TangoBSI-H420000 | — |
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| bright redBSI-H942850 | — |
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| formula mixedBSI-H942600 | — |
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| St John’s FireBSI-FL78377 | — |
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Salvia splendens is a tender perennial commonly treated as an annual. Its upright flower clusters carry tubular corollas and coloured calyces, both contributing to the display.
Botanical characteristics
Red is familiar, but garden selections include other colours. This ornamental sage belongs to the Lamiaceae and should be distinguished from culinary sage in a seed assortment.
Colour comes from calyx and corolla
Resellers will find St. John’s Fire, Bonfire and Sphinx formula mixed among the listed references. Keep the variety or series name with the colour description when comparing bulk seed. A red flower is not sufficient to identify a cultivar, and nectar availability should not be assumed for every ornamental selection.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Salvia splendens
- Common names
- Scarlet Sage · Scarlet sage · Tropical sage · bonfire salvia
- Synonyms
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- Fenixanthes splendens
- Horminum splendens
- Jungia splendens
- Salvia brasiliensis
- Salvia colorans
- Salvia hoveyi
- Salvia issanchou
- Salvia splendens
- Salvia splendens grandiflora
- Salvia splendens var. bruantii
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
- Species
- Salvia splendens