I have
planted Salvia confertiflora in a variety of light conditions. It seems most happy with high shade.
Red Velvet Sage is native to Brazil. It survived a dose of the low 20's without
significant damage. I gave it a hard pruning regardless because of the new shoots
coming out on the lower parts of the branches. Salvia confertiflora almost always seems to have a few
blooms and many times a lot. The Red Velvet Sage gets to be about 8 feet tall by 6 feet wide.
Salvia confertiflora flowers hold well as a cut flower. In spite of
the large tropical leaves Red Velvet Sage is fairly drought
tolerant. Salvia confertiflora is a good plant for the butterfly
garden as well as the hummingbird
garden.
