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Other common names sage 'Hot Lips'
Synonyms Salvia × jamensis 'Hot Lips' Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'
Family Lamiaceae
Genus Salvia can be annuals, biennials, herbaceous or evergreen perennials, or shrubs. They have paired, simple or pinnately lobed, often aromatic leaves and 2-lipped flowers in whorls, forming simple or branched spikes or racemes
Details 'Hot Lips' is a bushy plant, about 100 x 100cm, evergreen if not cut back by frost, with small, ovate, aromatic green leaves. Flowers are borne in loose terminal racemes, red in midsummer, bicolored red and white in July and August, sometimes completely white when the days shorten. Very floriferous in all its colour stages, continuing to the first frost
Foliage Evergreen
Habit Bushy
Fragrance Foliage
Hardiness
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
H5
Full Sun
Aspect South-facing or West-facing
Exposure Sheltered
Chalk
Loam
Sand
MoistureMoist but well-drained, Well-drained
SoilChalk, Loam, Sand
pHAcid, Alkaline, Neutral
Ultimate height 0.5-1 metres
Ultimate spread 0.5-1 metres
Time to ultimate height 2-5 years
Cultivation Grow in light, moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil or well-drained soil. Best in full sun but can tolerate light partial shade
Propagation Propagate by basal cuttings or softwood cuttings in spring or early summer or semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer or autumn with bottom heat
Suggested planting locations and garden types Drought Resistant Flower borders and beds Wall-side Borders Coastal Cottage & Informal Garden Mediterranean Climate Plants City & Courtyard Gardens Gravel Garden Patio & Container Plants
Pruning Pruning group 9 in spring, deadhead to prolong flowering
Pests May be prone to attack by slugs, snails, rosemary beetle and leafhoppers
Diseases Generally disease free
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