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Salvia splendens 'Salsa Scarlet Bicolor' – Bedding Series Bicolor

Salvia splendens 'Salsa Scarlet Bicolor': Festive Bedding Sage from the Salsa Series

Salvia Salsa Scarlet Bicolor

Salvia splendens 'Salsa Scarlet Bicolor' is part of the Salsa series—compact, early-blooming bedding salvias bred for container and mass planting performance. This cultivar adds bicolor flair to the series' reliable habit.

Series Performance

Family: Lamiaceae (lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
Genus: Salvia (SAL-vee-uh)
Species: splendens (SPLEN-denz)
Cultivar: Salsa Scarlet Bicolor
Series: Salsa series

Bedding Brilliance

'Salsa Scarlet Bicolor' forms a compact, well-branched plant 10–14 inches tall with dense spikes of bicolor scarlet-and-white flowers. The Salsa series is bred for early flowering, uniformity, and weather resistance—key traits for commercial bedding production and home garden success.

Grow as a warm-season annual in full sun with regular moisture. It excels in containers, window boxes, and mass bedding plantings. The bicolor flowers add visual complexity to the typical solid-red bedding sage. 'Salsa Scarlet Bicolor' brings series reliability with a festive twist—party colors for the summer garden.

Salvias: Salvia splendens: Scarlet Sage, the Classic Red Bedding Annual; Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally': Scarlet Sage with Compact Red Spikes; Scarlet Sage 'Dancing Flame' (Salvia splendens 'Dancing Flame'); Scarlet Sage 'Whopper Lighthouse' (Salvia splendens 'Whopper Lighthouse'); Scarlet Sage 'Blue Ribbons' (Salvia splendens 'Blue Ribbons'); Scarlet Sage 'Bonfire' (Salvia splendens 'Bonfire'); Salvia splendens 'Yvonne's Giant' – Towering Scarlet Sage; Salvia splendens 'Paul' (Scarlet Sage); Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' (Scarlet Sage); Salvia splendens 'Van-Houttei' (Scarlet Sage)

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