| Description | Salvia Dark Dancer (Salvia greggii) is a tender perennial grown as an annual in colder hardiness zones. In warmer zones it can reach over 36 inches. Can be used in drier gardens once established. |
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| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 7a-10b |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average, dry once established |
| Soil & Site | average, dry |
| Temperature | heat tolerant, very light frost tolerant, 0 degrees F |
| Flowers | pink to raspberry pink, borne on racemes |
| Fruit | seed capsules |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | over 36 inches in warmer climates |
| Maintenance | some pruning to keep shape and remove spent flower stalks |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Species plant Salvia greggii is a shrubby native of Mexico and southernmost states of USA |
| Cultivar Origin | Rich Dufresne selection from a seedling from Mike Nevin Smith from California |
| Misc Facts | aka Autumn Salvia |
| Author's Notes | Although I have not grown this particular plant, I have grown some different cultivars of the tender perennial Salvia. All have a long season of bloom and are on the easy side to grow. As the season starts to wind down and there becomes less light both in intensity and duration, the flowering of these plants becomes much less. You will end up with a long raceme with only a few flowers toward the apex. At this point in colder zones it is probably to late to prune back to increase the number of flowers. |
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