General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 2 - 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2 - 3 feet
Flower Color: Red
Other: Scarlet-red
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: Self-cleaning. No deadheading needed.
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Sterile
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Trade name information:
Series: Saucy™
Trade Name: Red
Cultivar name: 'Saucy Red'
Common names
  • Scarlet Sage
  • Salvia

'Saucy Red' was a featured
Plant of the Day for May 13, 2016.
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Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-05-28
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-04-28
For sale at Lowe's
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-04-28
For sale at Lowe's
Location: Downingtown Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-07-10
one specimen in a pot
Location: Downingtown Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-07-10
flowers and leaves
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jul 12, 2021 5:28 PM concerning plant:
    At last, I found a cultivar of the Scarlet Sage that is not a dwarf being sold at a garden center in 2021! The best size for this Salvia splendens species is one that gets about 18 to 24 inches high, and to 36 inches high, which used to be the most types from the 1950's through the 1990's. Unfortunately, the cultivars that are too short of only being 10 to 14 inches high have been somehow popular during the last decade and a little more. I don't know why. Some of the new cultivars have something different with their flowers that are not so attractive to pollinators. The 'Saucy Red' that has some rosy color in the red is attractive to hummingbirds, like the older larger cultivars.

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