Botanical Name: Salvia coccinea SAL-vee-ah kok-SIN-ee-ahCommon Name: Texas sage,
Hummingbird sage Genus: Salvia This upright tender perennial provides
rich color for annual bedding schemes where it is not hardy.
Its deep red flowers are borne on 2- to 2.5- foot, open spikes from summer to autumn.
Plants grow to about a foot wide and bear hairy, oval to heart-shaped leaves.
Care: Provide moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade.
It can take full sun in the north, yet it tolerates considerable shade
(which it prefers in the afternoon in the south). Self-sows in warm climates.
Propagation: Sow seed or divide plants in spring; take cuttings spring through fall.