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Salvia involucrata 'Boutin'
(Rosyleaf Sage 'Boutin')

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H3
Height - 90cm
Width - 75cm

Description: A tender herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Aromatic, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to heart-shaped and are pointed at the tips. Vivid magenta-rose flowers have a tubular 2-lipped shape and deep red calyces. The Blooms are held in spike-like whorls and produced from midsummer into late autumn. Attractive to bees and butterflies.

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Flower:

Bright magenta-rose flowers have a tubular 2-lipped shape and deep red calyces. The blooms are held in spike-like whorls and produced from July into November.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: Tubular 2-lipped flowers in whorls

Flowering time: July, August, September, October, November

Foliage:

Aromatic mid to dark green leaves are ovate to Cordate in shape and covered in fine hair. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to cordate

Propagation:

Cuttings, division.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.