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    Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei'

    Also Known As

    • Salvia 'Alan's Maroon'
    • Salvia vanhoutii
    • Salvia vanhouttei
    • Vanhoutte's Brazil Sage
    • Vanhoutte's Brazil Sage

    Plant type

    shrub, perennial, herb

    size

    • H: 2'-4'
    • W: 2'-4'

    planting zones

    • 9a-11

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    Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' plant details

    Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' is a broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial herb or shrub with green foliage. In fall, spring and summer pink and red flowers emerge. Features fuzzy and glossy texture. Attracts bees, beneficial insects, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular water. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in gritty, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei'

    Plant type: perennial herb or shrub
    Plant family: lamiaceae
    Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen green
    Mature size: 2 FT - 4 FT - wide, 2 FT - 4 FT - tall
    Flowers: pink and red blooms in fall, spring and summer
    Uses: award-winning, border plant, container plant, cottage garden, cutting garden, easy-to-grow, floriferous, long-blooming, showy, showy bracts

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei'

    USDA Zones: 9a - 11
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
    Watering frequency: regular
    Resistant to: deer, heat
    Soil needs: gritty, rich and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    [Burgundy Form] Be sure to provide winter protection, as Salvia vanhoutii is hardy only in warmer climates. This showy Salvia makes a dazzling container plant. The large, layered, burgundy buds have pointed sepals and open into numerous dark carmine-colored flowers with wine-red calyxes. Intriguing raised red ridges run horizontally around the stems at regular intervals like rungs on a ladder, connecting the reddish leaf petioles of each pair of opposite leaves.

    By: Digging Dog Nursery

    This tall, gracefully draping plant has sumptous burgundy clustered tubular flowers blooming all summer and fall. Beloved by hummingbirds, we're confident you'll love it, too! Provide organic, well-drained soil, time-release fertilizer and afternoon dappled shade. Plant with lime green and woodland tobaccos.

    By: Select Seeds

    A great choice for containers, large burgundy buds have pointed sepals opening into dark carmine flowers with wine-red calyxes. Reddish leaf petioles. Blooming from July to October, growing 4' tall and wide. Hardy to zone 9.

    By: Accents for Home and Garden

    A stuning plant at its best in late summer, with carmine red tubular flowers accented by burgundy bracts on 3' stems. We combined it last year with Coreopsis 'Limerock Ruby', Coleus 'Diablo' and Sedum 'Angelina' for a stunning display in the August garden.

    By: Avant Gardens

    If you love Salvia wagneriana (& who doesn't - it's gorgeous!) but don't have a huge garden, this is the plant for you! Dramatic wine red calyxes produce showy deep red flowers that bloom profusely over a long season from as early as late Spring through frost. Sometimes described as Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei', this selection is closely related (but quite superior) to the common, stubby Salvias sold as bedding plants. Can attain 4' (its ultimate height & spread) within the first year if provided with loamy, rich soil & regular water in part shade. Below 30 °F you'll have to protect this plant from frost. Originally from Brazil.

    By: Annie's Annuals & Perennials

    Gardening facts about Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' plant

    How to Grow Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei'

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly shade

    • Water Needs

      • regular

    • Soil Needs

      • adaptable
      • well-drained
      • rich
      • gritty

    • Special Situation

      • heat tolerant

    Features

    • Wildlife

      • beneficial insects
      • bees
      • butterflies
      • hummingbirds
      • deer resistant

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • pink
      • red

    • Flower Season

      • fall
      • summer
      • spring

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen
      • semi-evergreen

    • Texture

      • glossy
      • fuzzy

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