Full Sun, Moderate Water, Hummingbirds, Red


Stachys coccinea

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Common Name: SCARLET HEDGENETTE 'POW WOW"
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Non stop bloomer from midsummer on. Great for hummingbirds. Deadheading is helpful to keep in bloom.


Salvia roemeriana

Common Name: Hot Trumpets 'Cedar Sage'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 10"
Description:

Red flowers, not showy, but constant when deadheaded. Nice foliage. Grow in part shade to mimic its natural habitat under cedars.


Salvia rhoemanica

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Common Name: Red Dwarf
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 12"
Description:

This is a new variety for 2010.


Salvia greggii 'HOTLIPS'

Common Name: 'Hot Lips' Autumn Sage
Bloom Season: Summer to Frost
Bloom Color: Red with White
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

'Hot Lips' is shown as a zone 7-8 perennial. May not survive harshest winters, but it will provide summer long, showy blooms.


Garden Notes: Blooms may be white, deep red or a combination. Evidently depends on temperatures at the time blooms are setting.

Salvia greggii 'FURMAN'S RED'

Common Name: Furman's Red Salvia
Bloom Season: Summer to Frost
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Crimson flowers produced in flushes through summer. Woody perennial. Best cut back some in spring.


Garden Notes: Cut back at least to new growth in spring. May need to remove older stalks to rejuvenate.

Salvia greggii 'ESTHER'S RED'

Common Name: 'Esthers Red' Autumn Sage
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Shrub, hummingbirds,aromatic foliage, ordinary soil, can be sheared to a hedge,long bloom season-no deadheading.


Salvia coccinea

Common Name: Lady in Red
Bloom Season: Summer to Frost
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

Hummingbirds- Annual-Deadheading helps ensure long bloom season- Taller, Lankier than Forest Fire.


Salvia coccinea

Common Name: Forest Fire
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Hummingbirds- Annual-Deadheading helps ensure long bloom season- Denser, more compact than Lady In Red.


Penstemon x mexicalli

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Common Name: Red Rocks
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Rosey
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 15"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Rose flowers. Narrow, dark green leaves, blooms all summer.


Penstemon barbatus

Common Name: Pina Colada Series Red
Bloom Season: Spring to Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: 8"
Description:

Easy-to-grow, first-year-flowering perennial,compact growing habit, uniform and showy flowers, extended bloom time.


Garden Notes: This is the first year for me to grow this variety of penstemon. A related variety, Rondo pestemon, is one of the showiest Penstemon during its relatively short bloom season. Pinacolada is said to have a long bloom season. If the two are indeed combined in this plant it will be a great variety. Trial for 2010