Salvia vanhoutii (Burgundy Form)
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Van Houtt’s Brazilian Sage
Sage
Thought in ancient times to perpetuate good health, an Arab proverb asks, “How shall a man die with sage in his garden?” Our Salvias are diverse perennials, shrubs or subshrubs. Many of them hail from the Mediterranean, Mexico and South America.
Drought tolerant, reliable once established, and generally pest and disease free, they combine an array of flowers and aromatic foliage in many different sizes, shapes, and hues. Salvia vanhoutii (Burgundy Form) 
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.
Be sure to provide winter protection, as Salvia vanhoutii is hardy only in warmer climates.
Blooms July–October. Size: 4' high x 4' wide; hardy to zone 9. Salvia vanhoutii (Burgundy Form) (p-0775)
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