Salvia confertiflora

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width:	⇔	24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. to 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		9 to 10
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

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Salvia confertiflora is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to Brazil that will reach 4-6 ft in height and width in one season. It's been used in horticulture in the U.S. since the 1960s—and earlier in Brazil and France—though it isn't commonly sold at nurseries because of its large size. The dark green leaves, with a yellow undertone, are about 7 in long by 3.5 in wide, with serrated edges, and with velvety red-brown hairs on the petiole and stem of the new leaves.

Flower inflorescences reach up to 2 ft long and are covered with velvety red-brown hairs, with the stems of the inflorescence and the calyx also having a red-brown color. The .5 in flowers are orange-red, and very profuse, explaining the epithet confertiflora, or "crowded with flowers". The plant grows so large that it needs staking and protection from wind in gardens.

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