Salvia tubiflora 'Atacama Salmon Sage'
Many 2" salmon flowers cover with yellow hairs. Highly ornamental and a good hummingbird plant. Plant gets sticker in full sun from more numerous resin glands. Floral stem traps small insects.
Perennial
Hardiness Zone 9 (8b maybe with good winter mulch)
4.5 feet tall 5 feet wide
Half shade best, filter late afternoon sun
Soil: Average, sandy loam, humus and lime are helpful
Moisture: Deep weekly during dry spell
Blooming: late Fall
Native: South America
Container Sizes: 1 quart, 2 quart
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