Salvia curviflora
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Mexico
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H3
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 50cm
Location - The Hot Garden, The House Border
Description: A tender, aromatic Perennial with slender stems and an upright habit. Dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape and are deeply veined, creating a wrinkled texture. Deep magenta-pink flowers with dark reddish-purple calyces have a tubular 2-lipped shape, the lower lip curving downwards. The Blooms are held in whorls and produced from midsummer into mid-autumn. Attractive to bees and butterflies.
Flower:
Deep magenta-pink, tubular 2-lipped flowers have a curved lower lip and dark reddish-purple calyces. The blooms are held in whorls and produced from July into October.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Tubular 2-lipped flowers in whorls
Flowering time: July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Aromatic, dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape and are deeply veined. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.