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Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips': Bicolor Red and White Flowers on a Compact Shrub

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' is a popular, compact shrubby sage known for its unique bicolor flowers: red with a white lip, or sometimes all red or all white depending on temperature. The small, aromatic leaves are green. It blooms profusely from spring to frost.

Plant Details

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: microphylla
Cultivar: 'Hot Lips'

Grow in full sun with well-drained soil. 'Hot Lips' is drought-tolerant once established and attracts pollinators. Prune lightly to maintain shape.

Salvias: Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally': Scarlet Sage with Compact Red Spikes; Mountain Sage 'San Carlos Festival' (Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'); Mountain Sage 'Wild Watermelon' (Salvia microphylla 'Wild Watermelon'); Wild Sage (Salvia hians); Bolivian Sage (Salvia exserta); Thistle Sage (Salvia carduacea); Mountain Sage 'Orange Door' (Salvia microphylla 'Orange Door'); Wagner's Sage (Salvia wagneriana); Rock Sage (Salvia pinguifolia); Salvia 'Hot Lips' (Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'): Bicolor Red-and-White Blooms

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