Brenthurst Pink Texas Sage Salvia is a luminous cultivar of Salvia coccinea that brings vibrant pink blooms to gardens from early summer through the first frost. This compact perennial grows 18, 24 inches tall and wide, thriving in full sun with moderate water and surprising drought tolerance once established. From seed to first bloom takes 70, 84 days, making it fast enough to flower reliably in a single season, even in cooler climates where it's grown as an annual.
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Pink flowers bloom continuously across warm months, attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators without fail. The plant shrugs off deer and handles dry spells well, yet it's small and tidy enough for containers, borders, or cottage gardens. Best of all, it germinates quickly (within 7, 21 days) from seed sown on the surface, so you can grow new plants cheaply and abundantly from year to year.
Grown primarily as an ornamental flowering plant, Brenthurst Pink Texas Sage Salvia lights up gardens with continuous pink blooms from summer through fall. It excels in pollinator gardens where its nectar-rich flowers fuel hummingbirds and beneficial insects, and its compact size makes it equally at home in containers, window boxes, or tucked into border edges.
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Start seeds indoors 6, 8 weeks before your last spring frost in a sterile seed starting mix. Sow seeds on the surface and cover lightly with vermiculite to retain moisture. Keep the tray at 65, 75°F and water from below by placing containers in a tray so water wicks up rather than wetting foliage directly. Seedlings should sprout in 7, 21 days.
Transplant outdoors about 2 weeks after your last spring frost, once soil has warmed. Space plants 18 inches apart in full sun.
Direct sow seeds about 2 weeks after last frost when soil has warmed, sowing on the surface and firming lightly.
Pinch back young plants in early summer to encourage bushier, more branched growth and fuller flowering. Remove spent flower clusters regularly to extend bloom time through fall.
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