Cardinal Sage Live Plant | Salvia fulgens | Scarlet Red Hummingbird Sage Pollinator Starter Plant

Bring brilliant color and hummingbird activity to your garden with Cardinal Sage, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its vivid scarlet-red flower spikes, lush green foliage, and extended blooming season. Salvia fulgens, commonly known as Cardinal Sage, is a tender perennial that attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators, making it an outstanding choice for pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, borders, and patio containers. With proper care, it may produce blooms under suitable growing conditions.

Salvia fulgens thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers fertile, well-draining soil with regular moisture. Its upright, bushy growth habit produces striking scarlet blooms from summer into fall, creating a dramatic focal point in the landscape. Once established, this easy-care ornamental sage provides continuous color while serving as a valuable nectar source for pollinators.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Salvia fulgens starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Salvia fulgens Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Brilliant scarlet-red flower spikes
• Lush green aromatic foliage
• Upright, bushy growth habit
• May produce blooms under suitable growing conditions
• Long blooming season from summer into fall
• Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and beneficial pollinators
• Excellent for borders, containers, and pollinator gardens
• Makes a colorful focal point in the landscape
• Easy-care ornamental sage
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Salvia fulgens
• Common Name: Cardinal Sage, Scarlet Sage
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun to partial shade
• Growing Media: Fertile, well-draining soil enriched with organic matter
• Water: Keep soil evenly moist during establishment; water regularly during active growth
• Humidity: Moderate humidity
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 8–10
• Mature Size: Approximately 3–5 feet tall and 2–3 feet wide, depending on growing conditions

🌼 Perfect For

• Hummingbird Gardens
• Pollinator Gardens
• Butterfly Gardens
• Cottage Gardens
• Perennial Borders
• Patio Containers
• Tropical-Style Gardens
• Gifts for Gardeners