I planted Radio Red mid-April in full sun. The flowers emerged dark red and immediately bleached to white by the end of their first day. Relocated to a pot and determined that it needed half-day afternoon shade to avoid bleaching. In late summer and early fall it maintained rich, deep red coloration with some mid-day shade. Our high-altitude June-July sun is quite intense, but I have never seen another Salvia bleach like this.

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