| Description | Salvia Van Houttei (Salvia splendens) A large tender heritage perennial or half-hardy annual Salvia with burgundy flowers. A Danish selection in the early 1900s. |
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| Pronunciation | (sal-VEE-a) |
| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | part sun, semi-shade, struggles in the full hot sun, needs afternoon shade |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, well-drained |
| Temperature | not frost hardy |
| Flowers | an inflorescence, dark wine red to burgundy calyxes, florets deep to blood red, flowers late in the summer to fall |
| Leaves | yellow-green leaves with sawtooth edges |
| Dimensions | 3-4 feet tall |
| Propagation | seeds, cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to Brazil |
| Cultivar Origin | An early Dutch selection named after a Belgian horticulturist Lois Benoit Van Houtte. One of the first selections of Salvia splendens. |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Salvia 'Alan's Maroon'; Salvia vanhoutii; Salvia vanhouttei; Vanhoutte's Brazil Sage; Vanhoutte's Brazil Sage. |
| Notes & Reference | #87-The New Book of Salvias (Betsy Clebsch), #147-The Gardeners Guide to Growing Salvias (John Sutton) #223- The Plant Lovers Guide to Salvias (John Whittlesey) |
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