| Description | Van Houttei Salvia (Salvia splendens) This section contains my personal observations on growing this plant for a season in hardiness zone #5. |
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| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | (9)10 |
| Sunlight | Best with some sun but shaded the rest, I grew mine in full hot sun, and they struggled, but as the weather cooled and we had an extended period of cloudy days they took off. |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Growing Media | average |
| Flowers | The color of the calyxes could be a deep burgundy to a blood red. The flowers usually a dark red |
| Dimensions | My plants were grown in large pots with a soil volume of 2-3, 5 gal pails, they reached two by 3 plus feet (HS), this is with a medium-hard July pinch |
| Maintenance | sead heading, cleanup pruning |
| Propagation | rooted fairly easy from cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Refer back to Salvia Van Houttei for additional cultural information on this plant. |
| Author's Notes | I am going to grow this plant again in the summer of 2021 in a spot that gives some shade and see how this works. The summer of 2020 wasn't a total loss since at the end of August through mid-October they were full of blossoms. |
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