Salvia Hot Lips (Salvia microphylla) has a stunning display of red and white flowers for most of the year.
Salvia Hot Lips – Salvia jamensis is a great salvia to grow with a very memorable name! A very popular variety for the last ten years or so with masses of eye catching flowers in red and white. The foliage has a wonderful scent of blackcurrants too.
Is Salvia 'Hot Lips' poisonous? Salvia 'Hot Lips' has no toxic effects reported.
'Hot Lips' is classified as a half-hardy perennial, but it should weather most winters without a problem, especially in the southern UK; tuck it up with fleece in the colder months if you are worried. Offer it full sun, well-drained soil and a sheltered spot.
1. Hardy Salvias are best pruned late winter before new growth emerges. Salvia 'hot lips' and 'Caradonna' are good examples.
Herb Usage
However, the leaves and flowers can be used to flavour food and drinks and has a slight minty edge to the sage flavour, great to add a fresh taste summer drinks.
Hot Lips Littleleaf Sage (Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips') is a long-blooming Sage that blooms all summer with eye-catching red and white bicolor flowers.
' The short answer is yes, but there is another way to multiply your Salvias without risking damage to the delicate root system. The good news is taking cuttings of Hot Lips is easy. Here's our step by step guide to propagating your Salvias in water or soil.
This spectacular plant displays striking red and white bi-coloured blooms on spikes, flowering from June right through to mid-autumn. This unique form shows a pure white tip with red hot lips; in the hotter months of summer it may have all red and all white flowers on the same plant.
But there are nearly 1000 species of Salvia (plus hundreds more hybrids and cultivars) and they can be found in temperate, tropical and sub-tropical regions, from sea level to mountains, mostly in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Interestingly, Australia has no native Salvia species.
Salvia plants are traditionally noted for their antioxidant effects and ability to enhance 'head and brain' function, improve memory, quicken the senses, and delay age-associated cognitive decline [1].
Be sure to give 'Hot Lips' some elbow room in mixed plantings; plants grow to about 3-feet tall but can reach 6-feet in width. They are a perfect complement to any water-wise mixed perennial border or massed planting. Once established, plants have low water needs.
Although hardy perennial, this Salvia will appreciate some protection from winter weather particularly during cold, wet periods. Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 60cm (24"). Salvia plants prefer a moist, but well-drained soil in full sun, although once established they can also be very drought resistant.
Some salvias often self-propagate, so you might find seedlings you can use in other parts of your landscape! Before flower buds have developed, take cuttings (remove stems) from vegetative (non-flowering) branches that are about 3 inches long. Remove the lower leaves and trim each cutting just below a node.
Don't cut salvias back in autumn – wait until late spring, as the foliage gives a degree of protection from winter frosts. In late spring, cut the plant back to quite low down on the plant, above the fresh shoots that are appearing at the base.
Abstract. Toxicological studies carried out on aqueous extract of Salvia splendens commonly known as Red Sage reveals that the drug is toxic only in higher doses and causes hemorrhages. LD50 of S. splendens is 1287.3 mg/Kg.
Do Salvias Come Back Every Year? There are several types of salvias that are hardy perennials (herbaceous salvias) but most are tender perennials, meaning they can come back every year, but will likely require protection through the winter months.
Fertilize in early spring. Prune to shape in fall after flowering.
Deadheading is one of the most important steps in how to care for salvia plants. Deadheading, or cutting off spent flowers and faded blooms, encourages new growth and prevents plants from seeding.
Drought-resistant varieties of baby sage 'Hot Lips' require little watering, even during the summer. They only need watering during periods of drought. However, some tender varieties and young plants should be watered regularly, about 2.5 cm of water every 7-10 days so that their soil does not completely dry out.
Salvia loves hot weather and as the temperatures rise, the plants get larger, easily reaching 3 feet tall and wide by summer's end. The flowers appear non-stop up until frost. Once established, salvia is drought-tolerant.
Both of these cultivars usually bloom a good 6-8 weeks in May and June and then do best with an early-summer cutback (spent flower stalks as well as any foliage that's looking tired or ratty).
Salvia's effects come on quickly, sometimes in less than a minute. They usually disappear about 30 minutes to an hour later. Salvia's effects on the mind can range from mild to intense. They may be frightening, depending on how strong a dose of the drug someone takes.
Salvia coccinea (blood sage) is listed specifically on the ASPCA list as non-toxic.