Hot Lips' is a bushy plant, about 100 x 100cm, evergreen if not cut back by frost, with small, ovate, aromatic green leaves. Flowers are borne in loose terminal racemes, red in midsummer, bicolored red and white in July and August, sometimes completely white when the days shorten. Very floriferous in all its colour stages, continuing to the first frost

Plant Size
- Mature Height: 0.5-1 metres
- Mature Spread: 0.5-1 metres

Why We Love It
- Perfect for beds, borders, coastal gardens, cottage gardens or containers
- Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
- Low maintenance

What To Know
- Season of Interest: Summer - Autmn
- Flowering Time:
- Position: Full sun
- Soil: Moist but well-drained, light, moderately fertile, humus-rich

How to Care
- Add a thin layer of mulch around the plant to retain moisture and control weeds.
- Keep soil moist through the growing season.
- Remove faded blooms to encourage continuous bloom.
- Wait until new growth begins in early spring to remove old stems.
- Divide perennial salvias every 3 years. The best time to divide is in early spring, before new growth begins.