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Pineapple Sage 'Honey Melon' (Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon')

Pineapple Sage Honey Melon
Honey Melon flowers
Honey Melon foliage

Overview

Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon' is a compact cultivar of Pineapple Sage, prized for its earlier bloom time and smaller stature. The bright green leaves emit a delicious pineapple-melon fragrance when brushed. From midsummer to frost, it produces vibrant scarlet-red tubular flowers that are magnets for hummingbirds.

Taxonomy

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: elegans
Cultivar: 'Honey Melon'

Uses

Edible flowers and leaves can be used in teas, salads, and desserts. Grows 2–3 feet tall, perfect for herb gardens, containers, or sunny borders. Prefers full sun and regular water.

Salvias: Salvia elegans: Pineapple Sage with Fragrant Foliage and Red Flowers; Salvia madrensis: Forsythia Sage with Yellow Flowers; Salvia uliginosa: Bog Sage with Sky-Blue Flowers; Salvia elegans 'Golden Delicious': Pineapple Sage with Golden Foliage; Salvia mexicana 'Limelight': Mexican Sage with Lime-Green Calyces; Pineapple Sage 'Honey Melon' (Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon'); Eyelash-Leaved Sage (Salvia blepharophylla); Mountain Sage 'Jame' (Salvia regla 'Jame'); Snowflake Sage (Salvia chionophylla); Pineapple Sage 'Tangerine' (Salvia elegans 'Tangerine')

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