The recommended practice is to prune it back to the ground every few years. Salvia greggii is available in red, white, pink, lavender or salmon blooms. The common names include autumn sage and ...

Today, Salvia greggii come in dozens of cultivars and crosses, such as S. ‘Nuevo Leon.’ The colors range from lavender to purple to coral to light pink to hot pink to red, redder and reddest.

As the name suggests, it is a saturated red. The cherry sage or autumn sage, Salvia greggii, is native to Texas and blooms nonstop from late spring until frost. It, too, is a deep red with other ...

When gardeners hear the world salvia, it can bring any number of plants to mind — the old-fashioned, red-spiked annual Salvia ... specimens like the Salvia greggii, or cherry sage, which can ...

Hummingbirds and butterflies love Salvia greggii “Wild Thing,” with its ... as annuals in our area because they’re not hardy. Red is the most popular bloom color, but annual salvias also ...

Early blooming, it throws up spikes of lipstick red tubular flowers all summer ... pollinators but unappealing to deer and rabbits. Salvia greggii x 'Nuevo Leon': Masses of intense blue-purple ...

The salvia family includes members that are annuals, herbaceous perennials, and even woody shrubs. One group of particular interest to homeowners is the evergreen varieties. Salvia greggii ...

As the name indicates, autumn sage, Salvia greggii, often does its best blooming in fall and early winter. This year is no exception. Autumn sage, which blooms in pink, red, salmon and white ...

Butterflies and hummingbirds are attracted to the red blossoms. -- Salvia greggii or Autumn Sage is native to South, Central and West Texas and is quite drought tolerant. It normally has a ...

Salvia greggii, also called autumn sage, is another of the salvias’ blooming now. It is considered a perennial shrub by most gardeners with pink, red, white or lavender flowers available.

Salvia greggii, autumn sage: A native to Texas, it is an attractive, shrubby smaller-growing salvia. Short spikes of showy flowers in red, pink, white, purple, rose and magenta are produced from ...