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Salvia splendens 'Hotline Blue' (Scarlet Sage)

Salvia splendens 'Hotline Blue' – A Rare Blue Scarlet Sage

'Hotline Blue' is a unique cultivar of Salvia splendens that breaks the color mold, offering true blue flowers instead of the typical scarlet red. This novelty annual retains the classic Salvia splendens habit—upright, bushy, with heart-shaped leaves—but delivers a completely unexpected color. It is a conversation piece in beds and containers, blooming from summer to frost.

Salvia splendens 'Hotline Blue' flowers

Taxonomy & Classification

Family:	Lamiaceae (lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Salvia (SAL-vee-uh)
Species:	splendens (SPLEN-denz)
Cultivar:	Hotline Blue

Growing Tips

Full sun to part shade, moist, well-drained soil. Grow as warm-season annual. Pinch to encourage branching.

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 'Blue Ribbons' (Salvia splendens 'Blue Ribbons'); Scarlet Sage 'Bonfire' (Salvia splendens 'Bonfire'); Salvia splendens 'Yvonne's Giant' – Towering Scarlet Sage; Salvia splendens 'Strawberry Sundae' (Scarlet Sage); Salvia splendens 'Van-Houttei' (Scarlet Sage); Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens): The Classic Red Bedding Plant

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