| Description | Pink Preference Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii) is a long, blooming, tender perennial with pink flowers. It attracts Hummingbirds and Butterflies and grows best in full sun. |
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| Pronunciation | (SAL-vie-a) |
| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Tender perennials often grown as annuals |
| Hardiness Zone | 6-10 |
| Sunlight | average, dry once established |
| Moisture | average, dry once established |
| Soil & Site | average, dry once established |
| Temperature | heat tolerant, very light frost tolerant, |
| Flowers | brilliant fluorescent pink flowers, borne on racemes |
| Fruit | seed capsules |
| Stems | In warmer zones, it will become a subshrub, but it is an herbaceous plant in colder zones. |
| Dimensions | 2' tall x 3' wide in warmer climates, 24 inches annually in colder climates |
| Maintenance | Some pruning is needed to keep the shape and remove spent flower stalks. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | The species plant Salvia greggii is a shrubby native of Mexico and the southernmost states of the USA. |
| 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 bloom season and are easy 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. They will have a long raceme with only a few flowers toward the apex. In colder zones, it is probably too late to prune back to increase the number of flowers. |
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