Botanical Name: Salvia microphylla
Common Name: Summer red sage
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a fairly small sage, with spreading and upright stems forming an open rounded to somewhat mounding shrub
Height 2' - 4'
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun, tolerates some shade at inland locations
Soil tolerates most, including heavy alkaline clay
Hardiness hardy (zones 8-24): thrives in warm low-elevation areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, on squarish stems, medium green, not shiny; ovate - lanceolate, 1/2" - 1" long
Flowers crimson-red, open funnel-shaped, approximately 1" long, in loose terminal racemes; spring thru fall (also during winter in desert areas)
Fruit a small capsule
 
Propagation:
seed or softwood cuttings
 
Usage:
a colorful low filler, useful for its long display of flowers and tolerance of both garden and natural conditions; can be lightly sheared for a low hedge; good on slopes, informal or sub-tropical theme gardens
 
Landscape Care:
Watering tolerates regular; is very drought-tolerant after established
Fertilizing little needed unless heavily watered; excessive feeding results in scraggly, rangy growth
Pruning head back occasionally to control shape and overall size
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Chihuahua, Northern Mexico
Family: Lamiaceae

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