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Salvia greggii |
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| | from seed for 'Furman's Red' |
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| | 'Lipstick' |
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| | 'Lipstick' |
| Common name |
autumn sage |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z7-10) |
| Flowers |
red (summer) |
| Size |
24-36" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
heat and drought tolerant |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature; light may be helpful
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | mid-October |
We've grown autumn sage before, from seed collected in a Philadelphia garden. Those bloomed in their second year, but didn't return for a third, which I attributed to their zone-7 hardiness (our Pennsylvania garden was in zone 6). The 'Furman's Red' cultivar is supposedly hardy to zone 6, although you never know what you get from seed. Even grown as an annual it's great - our plants bloomed profusely over neat crinkly foliage, from late summer well into fall. Those plants did not make it through the winter, so I gave up growing them in Pennsylvania. Now that we're in Texas, I decided to try again, with a store-bought cultivar named 'Lipstick', which is evergreen here even in the harshest winters Houston throws at us.
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| | Starting to fade in early November, still a rich color combo on this seed-grown plant |
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| | 'Lipstick' |
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| | 'Lipstick' in late November... |
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| | ...and in mid-February |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: rock garden zone About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Heather | Sep 14, 2008 | I gathered the seeds from this plant, and am curious what you meant by "you never know what you're going to get from seed". I heavily mulch mine in the winter, and it's come back. Next spring will be the third year, so we'll see. I'm zone 5.
I meant that characteristics bred into the mother plant (e.g., dwarf habit, flower color, or greater hardiness) are not necessarily passed on to its offspring. You've certainly had more luck than me - my recent attempts to overwinter, here in zone 6, have not been successful. |
- Seed from '05 trade. Baggy 70F (30%G, 4-10d) - 75F (5d) - 70F with light (5%G, 5d)
- Seed from '05 trade: Baggy 70F (50%G, 4-10d)
Seed from '06 garden: Baggy 70F (22%G, 10-20d)
- Seed from '05 trade. Baggy 70F (25%G, 4-6d)
- Seed for 'Color Mix' from NARGS '12/'13 exchange. Baggy 70F (89%G, 4-9d)
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