| Scientific Name: | Salvia splendens |
| Common Name: | scarlet sage |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Bedding plant, Container planting, Filler |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Pubescent, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves oval, serrate, dark green, up to 8cm long; flowers tubular, most cvs. bright red, up to 5cm long in dense, erect, terminal racemes. | |