Hot Lips lemmon's sage
Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'
RHS AGM 2015
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Ascending
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Blue, yellow, pink, purple, red, white
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Hot Lips' lemmon's sage (Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips') is a shrub for borders, containers, rock gardens, and xeriscapes. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It is evergreen and fragrant, and it blooms in spring, summer, and autumn. Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the flowers. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Society garlic, Purple top, and Mondo grass.