Salvia roemeriana 'Arriba'

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Raised by Jelitto Seeds
Year of Introduction - 2014
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 30cm
Width - 20cm
Location - The Hot Garden

Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Aromatic, hairy mid to dark green leaves are rounded to heart-shaped and have coarsely toothed margins. Bright cherry red flowers are tubular, 2-lipped with a larger bottom lip. Each Bloom has a red and green Calyx. The flowers are held in upright Racemes and produced over a long period (with deadheading) from late spring into mid-autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects.

Flower:

Bright cherry red flowers are tubular with two lips, with a larger bottom lip. Each bloom has a red and green calyx. The blooms are held in upright racemes and produced from May into October.

Flower colour: Red

Flower shape: Tubular, 2-lipped flowers in racemes

Flowering time: May, June, July, August, September, October

Foliage:

Aromatic mid to dark green leaves are rounded to Cordate in shape and covered in fine hair. The leaves have Dentate margins and are held in opposite pairs on the upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Rounded to cordate

Propagation:

Division, seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, well drained soil.