Salvia 'HotLips' perennial plants often grown as an annual

often grown as an annual

The strong Old Rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom

Named after the well-known writer

and is best planted in containers that given frost-protection in winter

Salvia 'HotLips' perennial plants often grown as an annualWell named for its distinctive, brilliantly bicoloured flowers, Salvia Hot Lips is a medium sized, shrubby perennial, evergreen if not cut back by frost. I can reach up to 80cm. It has a bushy habit, and the small, ovate leaves are mid green and aromatic. Flowers are carried in loose terminal racemes and are red in midsummer, bicolored red and white in July and August and sometimes completely white when the days shorten. The flowers are nectar rich