Looks like S. cocccinea, maybe the 'Lady in Red' cultivar.

Too cool!!! I was so hoping that's what it is! Even if it's not, I'm going to get the seeds and start them next year because the hummy's and the butterflies have just taken to them like crazy! Thanks Tzunun so much!

glo

Yep, it's Lady in Red...a real hummie favorite. It is very easy to collect the seeds and start indoors next spring.

Charlotte

Or if you are lazy like me you can just let it reseed outside and you will have alot of it even plants to give away. Sarah

Yep Lady in Red. I got two pots of it myself earlier for $1.97. Mine had 3 plants in each pot. The roots were sow tangled I just repotted them in a larger pot but left them intact. You will be able to get lots of seed from those plants.

Penny

It's a close call between Lady in Red and coral honeysuckle as the top hummer plant. My only problem over the years with reseeding coccinea is that it takes so long for them to bloom. It would be nice to know if others have earlier blooming plants than me. When I start them indoors in March they are really rolling along by June, and with deadheading they just continue to roll and roll and roll. What a super plant!

Ward I will be sowing some in containers early so that I have flowers earlier and then the seeds that fall on the ground can fill in the blank spaces.

Penny

Johnny-Lady-in-Red-Seed. Because I planted a whole package last spring, I ended up with something like 80 plants. That was me hawking them on the corner. The ones that went in at the nature center did so well that I'm thinking about a mass planting with zinnias next year. There's something about the color and texture of both plants that made them a perfect match. This worked equally well for both Lady in Red and Coral Nymph when planted with pink semi-double zinnias. I see only two problems: do deer eat zinnias; there's a lot of deadheading in such a planting.

I really hope they reseed quite well! I'm going to save some anyway cuz they really are quite popular! I'm planning to use lots of zinnia and penta next year too for the butterflys! Y'all are so much help and so encouraging on here! Thanks bunches!!!

glo

I forgot to mention that I have it now running up and down two beds. It is interspersed with my other salvias... black and blue, coral nymph, dreamsicle, vermillion, standing cypress, bee balm agastaches and penstemons. The ones that are in the ground that I grew from seed are about 2 1/2 ft tall and the one I got at wal mart are under 2ft tall. In ground they produce a lot more flower spikes also. Next year I will be alternating them with dreamsicle all around my new patio once it is done and then hopefully put a large black and blue in the outside corner.

Penny

Never tried to grow coccinea in a pot. Is dreamsicle the white coccinea? I've never tried that one and have wondered how it performed.

I tried another combination at the nature center garden which turned out to be really beautiful - the light blue uliginosa with the dark purple indigo spires. What a knockout, all those hundreds of light blue flowers really set off the spires dark purple. The pairing also works well together because they are both unbelievably vigorous. This combination would be particularly useful for anyone looking for a ground covering hummingbird attracting pairing for a waste area. These plants simply smother everything in their way. Yes Penny, there is a Black & Blue next to this pairing that is finally blooming.

Ward,
I think dreamsicle is actually coral nymph after during some research or else it is a cultivar of coral nymph. The upper lip is white and the lower is a peachy coral. My newest black and blue has just all of a sudden burst wide open with blooms. It has been blooming off and on all summer but last week after a little rain it exploded.Planting an apiana next to a B&B would be stunning also.

Penny

is it in a haning pot or stand squar or round and color do you thank thay will still have some at mine

Salvias grow tall. They are not good in hanging baskets. They are in larger pots and it depends on the kind of pot the nursery that grows them puts them in.

Sarah,
Sorry to take so long to respond...I'm overseeding the bare spots in the lawn and it's a pain...but anyway, my walmart this year so far has not gotten any Lady in Red Salvia's in yet but what I got last year for a dollar later in the season was in brown 10" pots and labled only as annual salvia. They had the red and the pink/coral. There were 3 or 4 plants in each which divided very well and grew like crazy with the help of a bit of miracle gro. I'm hoping they get them in really soon altho with all the ones I've got "coming" from last years seed if they don't get them in soon, I won't need them! Mine are really doing quite well, I just wish I'd started them sooner!!! Mine got over 2 feet tall last year. If you are near Maryland, I've got extra plants if you want them! Or if you are anywhere near Cape May, I can bring them next weekend as we are going to try to go up for a bird watching/spotting trip.

glo

thanks i so do thank any i get from walmat thay will come to i live NC

I found some marked Lady in Red at a Wal-Mart here. There were three in a pot and they were only 50 cents. There was a huge table of them but really looked like there were actually two different varieties. They were in the same kind of pots and had the same lables but some were shorter with a green calyx and a little larger leaves while the others had taller flower stems and a darker calyx. The flowers looked the same. I bought some of both and will let the hummingbirds decide which one is the real Lady in Red. It was too cheap to pass up. I divided them so I was glad to read you had good luck dividing yours Glok.

Christie
The ones with the darker stem may have reverted to the species. My Texas sage the species has the black stem but the same flowers color. 50 cents was a bargain. I paid 1.97 for mine. They are easy to seperate out as long as you are careful not to tear too many roots. They will also grow much better too.

Penny