Salvia karwinskii

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 Salvia karwinskii subsp. var.  Karwinski's sage
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Habit: shrub
Height: to
Width: to
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Lifespan: perennial
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Poisonous:
Bloom: early winter, mid winter, late winter
Exposure: sun
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Features: flowers
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USDA Zones: 10 to 11
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Flower features: red, pink
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Salvia karwinskii (Karwinski's sage) is a perennial shrub native to the moist mountain forests of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, typically growing in or near pine or oak forests at 4000 to 8000 ft elevation. It is known as a honey-producing plant in those areas, but is rarely seen in private gardens. Specimens are grown at Strybing Arboretum, Huntington Botanical Garden, and University of California Botanical Garden.

In California gardens, it reaches 8 feet tall and 4 ft wide (8 by 4 ft), and in the wild it reaches up to 12 ft m tall. The 1 in flowers are inflated and have two lips, ranging in color from brick-red, rose-red, to scarlet, and are carried on many 15 in racemes. The calyx is a showy dark-red, about 0.5 in cm long. The stems and petioles of the leaves have short wooly hairs, making them appear gray. The 6 in cm rough leaves are evergreen, with veining on the underside and light cream-colored hairs.[1]

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References

  1. Clebsch, Betsy; Carol D. Barner (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 162. ISBN 9780881925609. http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA162. 

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