scarlet sage
tropical sage
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At that time it was given the common name "Lee's scarlet sage".

It is different from common species of Salvia like the brilliantly colored scarlet sage or culinary garden sage.

Salvia splendens or scarlet sage is a popular ornamental bedding or pot plant.

Scarlet sage may refer to either of two plants in the genus Salvia (sages and claries):

The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.

One of these was Salvia splendens, known as Lee's scarlet sage, which became popular as an ornamental summer flower in England and Germany.

Annuals that require light for germination include ageratum, browallia, coleus, gaillardia, godetia, impatiens, petunia, portulaca, scarlet sage and strawflower.

If you don't know this plant - or have seen only S. splendens, or scarlet sage, the garish red one that is sold as an annual at most garden centers - introduce yourself to the family.

The scarlet sage bloomed late in the front yards, the cottonwood leaves were bright gold long before they fell, and it was not until November that the green on the tamarisks began to cloud and fade.

Salvia fulgens (Cardinal sage or Mexican scarlet sage) is a species of flowering plant native to the Mexican mountains adjacent to the state of Puebla, growing at 8,700-11,000 ft elevation.

Annual scarlet sage (S. splendens), with its spiky red flowers, is a mainstay in the flower bed and looks especially good paired with fuzzy white dusty miller, which can take equal abuse from weather and soil.

A few tough zenias and marigolds and a row of scarlet sage bore witness to the buckets of water that Mrs. Bergson had carried there after sundown, against the prohibition of her sons.

A few years later the strokes became puzzle-piece shards, as in "Scarlet Sage Dancing a Whirling Dervish" and the fantastic, wall-filling "Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock-and-Roll Music."

Salvia coccinea (Texas sage, scarlet sage, tropical sage, blood sage) is a herbaceous perennial in the Lamiaceae family that is widespread throughout the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America (Colombia, Peru, and Brazil).

Salvia coccinea (Texas sage, scarlet sage, tropical sage, blood sage) is a herbaceous perennial in the Lamiaceae family that is widespread throughout the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America (Colombia, Peru, and Brazil).

Nor is the popular annual form, Salvia splendens, the only choice these days.

There is also that ubiquitous Salvia splendens, an annual in this climate.

In botany, the plant salvia splendens is sometimes known as a Banderilla.

Salvia splendens (I)

I'm not talking about that overused gaudy red variety of Salvia splendens that grows about a foot tall.

Salvia splendens (Not to be confused with Salvia divinorum)

One of these was Salvia splendens, known as Lee's scarlet sage, which became popular as an ornamental summer flower in England and Germany.

Take blue Salvia farinacea out of the bed of white petunias and red Salvia splendens, and put it next to the buttery yellow perennial Anthemis tinctoria.

The bright pink flowers of Hibiscus laevis were nodding their heads over a deep red Salvia splendens called Van Houttei and setting off the silvery leaves of Eryngium acquaticum, whose thimble-size dusty blue flowers had turned a chalky gray.