TROPICAL SAGE

Salvia coccinea

2 to 4 feet

Fast rate of growth

Full sun to very light shade

Fair salt tolerance; excellent drought tolerance

Zones 8 to 10

An upright, short-lived, evergreen perennial wildflower with

showy clusters of small red,

tubular flowers at tips of upright stems.

Spreads by self-sown seeds.

Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1043

All Native Garden Center

All Native Garden Center

Tropical sage and beach dune sunflower.

http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=12132

Picture taken from web-pink form of Tropical Sage