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Botanical Name:

Salvia splendens
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Common Name:

Bonfire Salvia
Family Name:

LAMIACEAE
Genus:

Salvia
species

splendens
Name Derivation

G: Lat. salvere - to cure (medicinal); S: Lat. splendens - splendid
Growth Habit:

Annual
Dimensions:

To 1 m
Flower:

Bright scarlet (calix is long and colourful and is persistent after corolla falls). Flowers form in terminal spike-like racemes.
Climate:

n/a
Fruit:

4 nutlets
Propagation:

Seed, as for annual
Horticulture Use:

Massed plantings, beds, borders, containers. Cut flowers. Window boxes.
Culture & Maintenance:

Plant 20-30cm apart. Full sun/part shade. Rich, drained soil. Excellent displays if evenly watered and fed.
Foliage:

Toothed margin, petioles long as round. Square stems

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