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Scarlet Sage 'Bonfire' (Salvia splendens 'Bonfire')

Bonfire Sage
Bonfire flowers

Overview

Salvia splendens 'Bonfire' is a classic, seed-grown cultivar of Scarlet Sage (Scarlet Salvia, Red Sage, Red Salvia) with intense, fiery red flowers. It forms a uniform, bushy plant with glossy green leaves. Blooms from early summer to frost. A bedding staple.

Taxonomy

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: splendens
Cultivar: 'Bonfire'

Garden Use

Full sun to part shade, rich, moist soil. Grows 12–18 inches tall. Tender perennial often grown as annual. Excellent for mass bedding, borders, and containers. Deadhead for continuous bloom. Attracts hummingbirds.

Salvias: Salvia splendens: Scarlet Sage, the Classic Red Bedding Annual; Salvia pentstemonoides: Big Red Sage, a Rare Texas Native; Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally': Scarlet Sage with Compact Red Spikes; Scarlet Sage 'Whopper Lighthouse' (Salvia splendens 'Whopper Lighthouse'); Scarlet Sage 'Blue Ribbons' (Salvia splendens 'Blue Ribbons'); 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

Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red': Tropical Sage with Red Flowers

Scarlet Sage 'Dancing Flame' (Salvia splendens 'Dancing Flame')

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

Salvia splendens 'Salsa Scarlet Bicolor' – Bedding Series Bicolor

Salvia splendens 'Paul' (Scarlet Sage)

Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' (Scarlet Sage)

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

Plants

Salvia madrensis: Forsythia Sage with Yellow Flowers

Salvia uliginosa: Bog Sage with Sky-Blue Flowers

Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst': Tropical Sage with Coral-Pink Flowers

Salvia mexicana 'Limelight': Mexican Sage with Lime-Green Calyces

Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens)

Eyelash-Leaved Sage (Salvia blepharophylla)

Mountain Sage 'Jame' (Salvia regla 'Jame')