Salvia greggii Mirage™ 'Cherry Red' - AUTUMN SAGE MIRAGE 'CHERRY RED'

Aromatic sage with hot cherry red color, very long flowering season, good mounding habit.

Attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators.

Great for edges in sunny beds, or containers or larger pots.

Hardy to zone 7a, might be succesfully overwintered in drained soils in zone 6/7 with some winter protection (leaves, mulche, covered with bucket or storage box). Or can be dug out and overwintered in cool garage, or simply grown as annual.

Blooming Time: depending on your zone - in warmer zones starts in early/mid spring, continues throughout the summer till frosts (or fall)
Size: 12-14" tall x 14-16" wide
USDA Zones: 7a-9b
Culture: full sun, half sun, average soil with some organic matter, moderatelly fertile to loam, drained soil contribute to better winter hardiness in 6/7 zones. Quite adaptable to soil types of any pH.
Moisture Needs: medium-dry, medium (average) is the best, but established plants are drought tolerant.
Origin: Salvia greggii is semi-evergreen perennial/subshrub, native to to a long, narrow area from southwest Texas, through the Chihuahuan Desert and into the Mexican state (San Luis Potosi), typically gcan be found in rocky soils at elevations from 5,000 to 9,000 ft. Mirage™'Cherry Red' (with true cultivar name of 'Balmircher' ) was introduced by Darwins Perennials, it is part of Mirage™ Series. Plant is patented under PP28,527 (EU PBR49561) and unlicensed  propagation is prohibited.

Black walnut tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot

Plant combinations: Flower beds in sun, cottage gardens, naturalistic, tropical, eclectic, deer resistant plantings, naturalistic gardens, hummingbird gardens or in larger conatiners on patios, etc.

You can use it with plants requiring drier or average conditions  Looks great with blue or purple colors of Agastache, Catanache caerulea, Eryngium, Nepeta, Linum lewisii, Platycodon, Scabiosa, Veronica or reblooming Salvia nemorosa hybrids. But can be combined with many plants on the average to drought tolerant scale like Achillea, Artemisia, Aster, Echinacea, Paeonia, bearded Iris, Perovskia, Sedum and medium to taller grasses (Muhlenbergia, Panicum, Pennisetum, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium). But goes also well with plant that appreciate more moisture like Amsonia, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Hemerocallis (daylily), Lilium (lily), Stachys, Vernonia or tropical plants.

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