Salvia splendens
| Habit | herbaceous
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| Height: | ⇕ | 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 48 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 48. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 32 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 32. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 9 to 11 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | red, blue, purple, pink, white |
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| Origin: | ✈ | ? |
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| Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
Read about Salvia splendens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Salvia splendens, Ker-Gawl. (S. colorans, Hort. S. brasiliensis, Spreng.). Scarlet Sage. Figs. 3538, 3539. Tender shrub or subshrub, treated as an annual, about 3 ft. high: st. shrubby with glabrous branches: lvs. petiolate, ovate, acuminate, crenate-serrate, base cuneate, rotundate or cordate, both surfaces glabrous; floral lvs. ovate, acuminate, colored: racemes terminal, spikelike, 6 in. or more long; floral whorls about 2-fld. (2- rarely 6-fld.), about 30 fls. in a raceme; calyx campanulate, membranaceous, scarlet, glabrous or villous, teeth 3, broad-ovate, acute; corolla scarlet, glabrous. Autumn. Brazil. B. R. 687. L.B.C. 11:1089. Var. alba, Hort., has creamy white fls. Var. atropurpurea, Hort., a form with dark violet-purple fls. Var. atrosanguinea, Hort., has deep crimson fls. Var. bicolor, Hort., with large spikes of scarlet-and-white fls. Var. Bruanti, Hort., dwarfer than the type in habit and brighter scarlet fls. G.C. II. 14:781; III. 6:653. Gn. 21:328 (good). A. F. 5:331. Var. compacta, Hort., dwarfer habit, racemes thicker and more numerous, fls. brilliant scarlet. Var. compacta alba, Hort., a whitish variant of the preceding variety. Var. compacta erecta, Hort., a dwarf form with dark scarlet fls. Var. grandiflora, Hort., is a tall-growing large-fld. form. G.M. 43:853. R.B. 27:12. The following variants of this variety are offered: Var. grandiflora erecta, Hort. Var. grandiflora nana, Hort. Var. grandiflora pendula, Hort. Var. grandiflora prostrata, Hort. Var. Issanchon, Hort. (S. brasiliensis var. Issanchon, Hort.), has the calyx white, striped red and a rose-white corolla, habit similar to var. compacta. Var. nana, Hort., is a dwarf form, rather early flowering, the fls. bright red. Var. purpurea, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. pyramidalis, Hort., is offered in the trade. F.E. 31:325. Var. roseo-carminea, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. semperflorens, Hort., is characterized as an early and continuous-flowering form. Var. Souchetii, Planch. (S. Souchetii, Hort.), is probably the same as var. compacta. There is a white- fld. variant of this variety known in the trade as S. Souchetii var. alba, Hort. Var. violacea, Hort., is offered in the trade.—S. nana, HBK., is a valid species belonging to Section 7. It is herbaceous, with a perpendicular, thickened tuberous root, almost stemless, with subsessile radical lvs. forming a rosette, and blue fls. Mex. Probably not in cult. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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