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Salvia Microphylla "Red Lips" 3Liter
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Salvia Microphylla "Red Lips" 3Liter
Product Details
Weight: 3.00 kg
Salvia ‘Red Lips’
Botanical Name
Salvia microphylla ‘Red Lips’
Common Names
- Red Lips Sage
- Bicolor Salvia
- Autumn Sage
Product Description
Salvia ‘Red Lips’ is a striking evergreen to semi-deciduous shrub known for its unique red-and-white bicolour flowers that resemble painted lips. Flowering profusely from spring through autumn, this hardy salvia adds long-lasting colour to borders, mixed beds, and containers. It is drought tolerant, low maintenance, and highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds, making it an excellent choice for water-wise and pollinator-friendly South African gardens.
Size When Fully Grown
- Height: ± 1–1.2 m
- Width: ± 1–1.2 m
- Naturally bushy and well-branched growth habit
Best Growing Conditions
- Light: Full sun to light shade
- Best flowering occurs in full sun.
- Soil: Well-drained soil
- Adaptable to sandy and loamy soils; dislikes heavy, wet soils.
- Watering: Low to moderate
- Water regularly until established; drought tolerant thereafter.
- Climate:
- Ideal for most temperate and warm regions of South Africa
- Tolerates coastal conditions well.
- Maintenance: Low
- Light pruning after flowering promotes bushier growth and more blooms.
- Best flowering occurs in full sun.
- Adaptable to sandy and loamy soils; dislikes heavy, wet soils.
- Water regularly until established; drought tolerant thereafter.
- Ideal for most temperate and warm regions of South Africa
- Tolerates coastal conditions well.
- Light pruning after flowering promotes bushier growth and more blooms.
Best Planting Season & Growth Cycle (South Africa)
- Best Time to Plant: Spring or early summer
- Active Growing Season: Spring to autumn
- Flowering Season: Spring through autumn (often year-round in mild climates)
- Seasonal Note: Semi-frost tolerant; protect young plants in cold inland regions.
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