Albert's Greenhouse

Salvia is nothing if not variable.

Perusing the three pages of salvia in the Plant Delights catalog some years ago, Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' caught my eye because of its variable flowers - the same plant can have red flowers, white flowers, and white flowers with a red lip, all at the same time. It helps that my school colors are usually red and white.

This grows in full sun out in front of my house, and I have to trim it to keep it from spreading and getting too scruffy. In the spring, you can see all three flavors of flower, while at other times of the year it seems to depend on temperature.