Color Spires® Back to the Fuchsia Salvia

• Full Sun (At Least 6 Hours Of Direct Sunlight)
• Height 22 - 24 Inches
• Width 22 - 24 Inches
• Growing Zones 3-8

With seven colors in the Color Spires series of perennial Salvia, Back to the Fuchsia is the brightest and most fun color to have in your garden this spring. Try them all for an outstanding display! Bright pink fuchsia flowers tower over vibrant dark green foliage, looking for all the world like a big bouquet in your garden. Oh, and they make wonderful cut flowers for your indoor enjoyment, too! This new cultivar will knock your socks off with its vibrant colors and attractive form in your garden this year. Just think if you massed this out in huge drifts of color!

Native as a wildflower in North American, Perennial Salvia, or sage as it is also known, is a hardy flower that grows in open meadows in tough, sometimes dry areas. Back to the Fuchsia has retained its parent plants hardiness, growing in Zones 3-8 with ease, and handling sub zero temperatures once fully established like a champ. Deep South gardeners will find that salvia likes to have a cold/cool season to reinvigorate it for the next year and will not thrive in the hot humid months of summer for them. Besides being lovely in your full sun garden, you will enjoy the fragrant flowers and foliage on this member of the mint family.

Color Spires® Back to the Fuchsia Salvia Care

Plant in full sun for best performance. Salvia does not like wet soggy soils, so be sure to amend heavy soils to enhance their fast draining capability. Like most plants in the sage family, it can tolerate some drought, but will bloom best with consistent moisture. Preferring a pH range of 5.5 to 6.5, salvia is actually tolerant of a wide range of soil pH from acidic to alkaline, placing this lovely perennial in the easy to care for category. Water regularly when natural rainfall is lacking, or if you plant it in a container. Like most native wildflower descendants, Perennial Salvia does not require any fertilization unless planted in very poor soil. Applying a well composted organic material to the surface and lightly working it in the top layer of soil may be all that is needed on a yearly basis.

Deadheading after the flowering has ceased will promote a second flush of blooms. Pruning is typically not needed as this spring perennial will maintain its shape for many years. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years for best performance. Deer and rabbits do not like the scent of salvia and will not browse on them and they are remarkably resistant to most insect infestations and plant diseases. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds will be frequent visitors to your garden when you include perennial salvia in them.

Color Spires® Back to the Fuchsia Salvia Spacing

Space your plants 22 to 24 inches apart. Growing to 29 inches tall and spreading out about 24 inches, Back to the Fuchsia will spread out in your garden, filling in the space quickly. They make wonderful landscape borders, sidewalk or driveway edgings and function as upright thrillers in patio containers. Be sure to get started on your love affair with perennial Salvia Back to the Fuchsia today!