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Scarlet Sage 'Blue Ribbons' (Salvia splendens 'Blue Ribbons')

Blue Ribbons Sage

Overview

Salvia splendens 'Blue Ribbons' is an unusual cultivar of Scarlet Sage with, as the name suggests, blue flowers—a rare color in this species. It forms a compact, bushy plant with glossy green leaves and produces spikes of true blue tubular flowers from summer to frost.

Taxonomy

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: splendens
Cultivar: 'Blue Ribbons'

Garden Use

Full sun to part shade, rich, moist soil. Grows 12–18 inches tall. Tender perennial often grown as annual. Excellent for containers, borders, and bedding displays where blue color is desired. Attracts hummingbirds.

Salvias: Salvia splendens: Scarlet Sage, the Classic Red Bedding Annual; Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red': Tropical Sage with Red Flowers; Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally': Scarlet Sage with Compact Red Spikes; Scarlet Sage 'Whopper Lighthouse' (Salvia splendens 'Whopper Lighthouse'); Scarlet Sage 'Bonfire' (Salvia splendens 'Bonfire'); Salvia splendens 'Yvonne's Giant' – Towering Scarlet Sage; Salvia splendens 'Hotline Blue' (Scarlet Sage); Salvia splendens 'Strawberry Sundae' (Scarlet Sage); Salvia splendens 'Van-Houttei' (Scarlet Sage); Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens): The Classic Red Bedding Plant

Garden Articles

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Scarlet Sage 'Blue Ribbons' (Salvia splendens 'Blue Ribbons')

Salvia splendens 'Paul' (Scarlet Sage)

Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' (Scarlet Sage)

Plants

Salvia sinaloensis: Sinaloan Blue Sage with True Blue Flowers

Salvia farinacea 'Henry Duelberg': Mealy Cup Sage with Blue Flowers

Blue Anise Sage 'Sapphire Blue' (Salvia guaranitica 'Sapphire Blue')

Hybrid Sage 'Scarlet Spires' (Salvia 'Scarlet Spires')

Sage 'Blue Chiquita' (Salvia 'Blue Chiquita')

Salvia splendens 'Salsa Scarlet Bicolor' – Bedding Series Bicolor

Salvia 'Lady in Red' (Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red')