Navajo™ Bright Red Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii 'Navajo Bright Red'
Bright red flowers appear continuously over a long season and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. A compact plant with mildly fragrant flowers and foliage for mixed containers and color borders. A superb annual in cool climates. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | SAL-via gregg-EYE |
| Key feature: | Prolific Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | A dense, compact shrub, fast-growing to 2 to 3 ft. high and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Compact |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Red |
| Blooms: | Spring through fall |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 2311 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep extensive root system. Cut back hard and feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Trim off dead flowers to encourage reblooming.
Bright red flowers appear continuously over a long season and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. A compact plant with mildly fragrant flowers and foliage for mixed containers and color borders. A superb annual in cool climates. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep extensive root system. Cut back hard and feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Trim off dead flowers to encourage reblooming.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | SAL-via gregg-EYE |
| Key feature: | Prolific Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | A dense, compact shrub, fast-growing to 2 to 3 ft. high and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Compact |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Red |
| Blooms: | Spring through fall |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 2311 |
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The best fertilizer to use with this plant is Tree & Shrub Food.view soil products