Great for bringing hummingbirds to your garden.
Perennial in Zone 7 and warmer; it’s grown as an annual in cooler zones.
Blue salvia
Salvia farinaceaoffers stately pale blue blooms on a 3-foot-tall plant of gray-green foliage.
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It’s a perennial in Zones 7-10, but is usually grown as an annual.
Coral Nymph sage
Salvia coccinea’Coral Nymph' offers bicolor, salmon-and-white tubular flowers on 2-foot stems.
Perennial in Zones 8 and warmer; grown as an annual in cooler climates.
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In autumn it bears spikes of bold red flowers.
It grows 2 feet tall.
While it’s usually grown as an annual, it is perennial in Zones 7-10.
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The leaves are great for teas or garnishes.
It grows 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide.
Zones 8-11, though in most areas it’s treated as an annual.
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Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccineais a durable non-stop bloomer popular in park plantings.
It’s usually grown as an annual, but is perennial in Zones 7-10.
It grows 3 feet tall and wide.
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Usually grown as an annual, it is a perennial in Zones 9-11.
Salvia Companion Plants
Annual Vinca
You’vegotta love annual vincait really delivers.
Whether the summer is dry or wet, hot or cold, vinca plugs along unfazed.
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It makes a great container plant.
Or plant it in a bed or border, grouping at least eight or more together for best effect.
Plant established seedlings in spring after all danger of frost has passed.
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Vinca withstands drought but does best with moderate moisture.
Like impatiens, this plant tends to be “self-cleaning” and needs little deadheading.
Its colorful foliage, in shades of chartreuse or purple, accents just about any other plant.
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Grow a few together in a large pot, and they make a big impact all on their own.
Sweet potato vines do best during the warm days of summer and prefer moist, well-drained soil.
They thrive in sun or shade.
Ageratum
Ageratum is such a little workhorse that nearlyevery garden should have some.
It’s also rarely bothered by pests, so you count on it to look good.
Plus, it provides some of the truest blues you might find in flowersa rare thing.
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Plant in spring after all danger of frost has passed.
Plant in groups of a dozen or more for best show.Deadheadand fertilize regularly for best blooms.
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