Salvia fulgens

Plant Characteristics
Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	48 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 48.
Width:	⇔	30 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Scientific Names
Lamiaceae >	Salvia >	fulgens >

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Salvia fulgens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Salvia fulgens, Cav. (S. cardinalis, HBK.). Cardinal Salvia. Mexican Red Salvia. Perennial shrub, 2-3 ft. high: the numerous branches almost glabrous or pilose-hirsute: lvs. petiolate, 1-3 in. long, ovate, acute, crenate-serrate, base cordate, pubescent above, white-tomentose or lanate beneath; floral lvs. sessile, ovate, deciduous: racemes 6-12 in. long; floral whorls 6-fld., rather distant; calyx pedicelled, tubular-campanulate, pubescent; corolla showy scarlet, about 2 in. long, villous. July. Mex. B.R. 1356. L.B.C. 20: 1910.—The fls. are darker red than those of S. splendens and the calyx is said to be dull colored and conspicuously striate. Apparently not very frequently cult. Var. Boucheana, Benth. (S. Boucheana, Kunth), has the lvs. narrowly deltoid-ovate, truncate or subcordate at the base. Mex. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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