Noted for its intense red flowers, Salvia microphylla 'Red Velvet' is a tender perennial Salvia that will reward you with masses of exceptionally large, brilliant red velvety flowers, beautifully contrasting with their dark chocolate stems and calyxes. Enjoying a long blooming season, from early summer to frost, they rise above a handsome bush of glossy, rounded rich green foliage. The very attractive flower stalks are of great aesthetic appeal in beds or borders and attract scores of butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial insects.

'Red Velvet' results from a cross between Savlia microphylla and Salvia greggii.

• Well-branched and very free-flowering, 'Red Velvet' grows vigorously up to 2-4 ft. tall and across (60-120 cm).
• Thrives in full sun or partial shade, in moist, well-drained soils. It is not fussy about soils as long as there is good drainage. Water and fertilize regularly to keep it flowering. Drought tolerant once established.
• Low maintenance, this Salvia is perfect for beds and borders, and well suited to coastal gardens, cottage gardens or containers.
• Deer and rabbit resistant