Salvia roemeriana

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width:	⇔	12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		8 to 11
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

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Salvia roemeriana (Cedar sage) is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to the Edwards Plateau in Texas, along with parts of Arizona, and several provinces in Mexico. The epithet honors German geologist Ferdinand von Roemer, who lived in Texas from 1845 to 1847 and became known as the "father of Texas geology". The common name refers to the cedar brakes where it commonly grows. It also grows in oak woodlands and rock outcroppings. It was introduced into horticulture in 1852, and was a favorite of renowned garden writer William Robinson for its neatness as an edging plant and in front of borders.

Cedar sage grows up to 1 ft in height and width, quickly establishing itself and growing into colonies through prolific reseeding. The leaves are a grassy green color, with the plant dying back to the ground in winter. The abundant flowers are bright scarlet, growing in loose whorls above the plant, on 8-10 in stalks, with each plant having many inflorescences.

Read about Salvia roemeriana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Salvia roemeriana, Scheele (S. porphyrantha, Decne. S. porphyrata, Hook.). Perennial, 1-2 ft. high: sts. sparsely long, spreading, hirsute: lvs. or terminal lft. roundish or reniform-cordate, coarsely repand-toothed or crenately incised; lower lvs. usually with 2 or 3 similar but smaller (subsessile or slender-petiolulate) lfts.; floral lvs. mostly shorter than the pedicels: raceme loose and elongated; floral whorls few-fld.; calyx somewhat pubescent; corolla deep scarlet, puberulent, about 1 in. or more long, tubular-funnelform. July. Texas and 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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