Salvia 'hot lips' is a simply marvellous perennial. Its dainty, ovate, scented green leaves and fabulous lipstick red and white flowers that dance all summer long in excited fecundity. It is one of ...

Salvia microphylla, known to gardeners as “Hot Lips,” attract humming birds to your garden. BRUCE CHAMBERS Tribune News Service I just came upon a wonderful plant that hummingbirds adore. While ...

Take a stroll through almost any Central Texas garden and chances are you’ll come upon at least one type of salvia. Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, and is also commonly ...

Here is this week’s plant quiz: What plant genus has square branches, comes in an enormous variety of sizes and flower types and is drought tolerant once established? The answer is salvia, a large ...

Salvias are a diverse family of plants. They are found almost world-wide, with 500 species native to Mexico, Central and South America. The genus includes several culinary and medicinal members, but ...

Salvia, otherwise known as sage, is the largest genus in the Mint family, with about 900 species of annuals, biennials, herbaceous and evergreen perennials and woody sub-shrubs. The latter is a type ...

Of the more than 800 kinds of salvia, the most common is the ancient herb Salvia officinalis or common gray culinary sage. Square stemmed, with pungent foliage, these awesome plants come in many sizes ...

Salvias provide color and texture when little else is in bloom. (Courtesy) Salvias comprise one of the most varied groups of plants, being among the world’s largest genera. In Texas, their bloom ...