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Cedar Sage 'Hot Trumpets' (Salvia roemeriana 'Hot Trumpets')

Hot Trumpets Sage
Hot Trumpets flowers

Overview

Salvia roemeriana 'Hot Trumpets' is a selected form of Cedar Sage (Roemer's Sage) with particularly large, intense red flowers. Native to the limestone canyons of central Texas, this perennial forms low mounds of scalloped, gray-green foliage topped with showy flower spikes in spring.

Taxonomy

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: roemeriana
Cultivar: 'Hot Trumpets'

Garden Use

Partial shade to full sun, well-drained alkaline soil. Drought tolerant. Grows 12–18 inches tall. Ideal for rock gardens, native plantings, and under junipers. Attracts hummingbirds. Deer resistant.

Salvias: Salvia 'Indigo Spires': Hybrid Sage with Long Indigo-Blue Spikes; Salvia madrensis: Forsythia Sage with Yellow Flowers; Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally': Scarlet Sage with Compact Red Spikes; Cedar Sage (Salvia roemeriana); Sage 'Blue Chiquita' (Salvia 'Blue Chiquita'); Silver Sage 'Artemis' (Salvia argentea 'Artemis'); Autumn Sage 'La Luna' (Salvia × jamensis 'La Luna'); Forsythia Sage 'Dunham' (Salvia madrensis 'Dunham'); Salvia mexicana 'Snowflake' (Mexican Sage); Salvia mexicana 'Tula' (Mexican Sage)

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