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About Salvia 'Hot Lips':
First I want it on the record that Jean Coria named it, because she was a righteous Mensch and an...Read More
I have been experimenting with many different Southwest native salvias here in Salt Lake City, Utah (zone 7b) for about 10 years now. I h...Read More
I bought a Hot Lips Salvia in 2019 and planted it in a butterfly garden by the street in my urban setting in Minneapolis (Zone 4). It gre...Read More
All of them perished in our winters except for one in a peculiar, shaded, wet location. At first I didn't know it was Hot Lips because th...Read More
I planted some "microphylla red" salvias, not the "hot lips" but I think probably virtually the same plant except all red flowers.
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Autumn Sages (I have 'pink' and 'hot lips') are one of my most favorite plants to grow here in the hot state of Texas. They thrive on lit...Read More
Salvia "Hot Lips" is one of my favourite sages and in some years its hardy here in Innsbruck/Tyrol... which I never thought woul be possible
This plant has been blooming for me since I planted it in June; since then, it's grown over 10 times the size that got it.
It at...Read More
My one plant is about 2 years old now and is _covered_ in red, white, and red-and-white flowers. I trimmed it back about a month ago and ...Read More
Star performer for me. I planted it under a London Plane tree. Sun or shade, it flowers prolificly. It can tolerate drought but looks muc...Read More
I live in western Oregon and when we moved into the house Hot Lips was in the garden. We enjoyed it very much for a few years and then on...Read More
This plant grows like wildfire. I never water it, and apparently the little rain we get here is enough. Hummingbirds are always around ...Read More
Hot lips salvia is one of the most beautiful plants in my gardens. It is evergreen in my area - 8a. I had to move it a couple of times ...Read More
I got this plant last year and it bloomed great! This year the leaves are coming out but I wonder if I should have pruned the tops of th...Read More
Have had this flower for at least 6 years now around my mailbox here in zone 7b & it really seems to do better when it's ignored. There...Read More
This is my favorite plant in my whole yard. I have 11 of them, and not only have they thrived on our 115 degrees in the summer and 45 inc...Read More
I purchased a hot lips salvia last summer and love it! I live in Zone 5 so wasn't sure how the plant would do, but was pleasantly surpri...Read More
What can I say? This plant loves to be forgotten. I discovered this by accident when my sprinkler system malfunctioned while were were ...Read More
I have a variety of different colored salvias including this one in my garden. They add beautiful color, butterflies, bees and hummingbi...Read More
I grew this plant for several years and found it unattractive most of the time. I loved the blooms, which changed color depending on hea...Read More
I have an established (4 year old) 'Hot Lips' salvia in the NW area of my garden in the Texas Hill Country. This past winter (2011), we h...Read More
Anyone have prunning tips for the Hot Lips? My hedge grew profusely this year but now, in winter about half of the upper section has die...Read More
I haven't seen this plant since I moved here from Texas in 1994. So I was excited when I was given 8 of these plants in April. The truc...Read More
Nice salvia! I love how the colors can change from solid red to solid white to a red-white combination! Blooms in mass in the spring and ...Read More
We grow this plant at my job in Berkeley, Ca and it does great, in ALL DAY sun. Gave it as a gift and it does great in San Francisco als...Read More
I have had Salvia microphylla for several years and it survived a week and most of another one below freezing this past two weeks and it ...Read More
A humming bird came to get nectar from the flowers just moments after I planted it:)
I haven't seen a humming bird up close in yea...Read More
I bought two small pots of "Hot Lips" late last Spring. They were very cute. When the blooms decreased I was disappointed...until late ...Read More
Grew it for the first time this season (found it at Lowe's) and I love it! It got more beautiful as season progressed. I don't know if ...Read More
I live in metro Seattle, and I saw a hummingbird visit my container garden for the first time EVER to eat nectar from this salvia. Hummi...Read More
10F? Not true. A friend outside of town (average ten degrees cooler in the winter) on a windy hill grows her Salvia 'Hot Lips' in a Xer...Read More
In addition to being hardy in Garden Zone 7b (Seattle), it is a lovely plant.
Blooms in May, and the fragrant leaves are...Read More
I just tried this this year. It does well in pots. I also took several cuttings this August which rooted almost immediately.
The 28 degree dips during the winter didn't even phase this plant (just north of Houston.) Mine are planted in semi-shade in well drain...Read More
This plant is definitely hardy in Zone 8 - central Texas. I have had mine for a couple of years and they have not even died back to the ...Read More
This plant is more cold hardy than indicated above. It wintered over in Raleigh, NC (Zone 7b/8a) after being planted in October. No win...Read More
What a great plant in Deer Country. I drove away from our one gallon, planted a year ago and we never did a thing to keep it alive during...Read More
As the season progresses the flowers will be red/white, solid red, pinky red. This is normal for this cultivar and the same branches will...Read More