Salvia greggii Lipstick Zingiber newly-emerging

newly-emerging

In the shade garden

smothering other smaller hostas if they aren't planted on adequate spacing

Hailing from the Sierra Madre Orientale mountain range in northeast Mexico

(aka: Aster oblongifolius) We originally acquired this selection of the North American native Symphyotrichum oblongifolium from Montrose Gardens

Salvia greggii Lipstick Zingiber newly-emergingSalvia 'Lipstick' is one of the longest flowering and best performing Texas sage cultivars we have trialed. In our garden, it begins flowering in early May and continues through November. Each compact 3' tall x 3' wide clump of Salvia greggii 'Lipstick' is simply smothered in terminal flower spikes of lipstick red (RHS 50A) flowers, each highlighted by a white throat and brown calyx a hummingbird fiesta. Texas sage makes a great deer resistant,