Salvia, Hummingbird Sage, Scarlet Sage, Texas Sage 'Forest Fire'

I planted Salvia coccinea "Forest Fire" around our pump house one year ago. With no additional water, Forest Fire reseeded itself nearby,...Read More in the dead of hot Central Texas summer. I now dig up smaller plants when they are about 4-5 inches tall and replant them where I want to start a new patch. Be sure to snip back about 1/2 inch and any flowers so the new transplant will use its energy to grow roots and not try to support flowers. Most die back in January/February, but come right back up from seed when the ground warms up in March. What a fantastic, beautiful, hummy/bee friendly plant for the Texas Hill Country!

This plant is the easiest plant in the world to grow. I love it. The hummingbirds love it. It reseeds. It even will flower indoors in...Read More the winter when it surprises me and germinates in pots I have brought inside. I never see this sold in the local nurseries, I suppose because once someone has it they have it for ever ... but in a good way. It is not invasive. This salvia is much superior to the Salvia splendens everone plants as a summer annual here - a plant that to my mind looks like blowsy tart compared to this graceful beauty.