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Fuchsia Salvia

Salvia

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Overview

The Salvia is an upright annual with deep green foliage and vivid fuchsia-pink flower spikes set off by dramatic black calyces, drawing hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. It matures 24-36 inches tall and 24-30 inches wide. Grow in part sun to full sun with well-drained soil, average water, and occasional feeding. Useful as a border accent, mass planting, or container thriller. Hardy in USDA Zones 9-11.

Water Medium
Fuchsia Salvia — It matures 24-36 inches tall and 24-30 inches wide

Culture

Water
Medium

Shape & size

Mature height
2–3 Ft.
Mature width
2–2.5 Ft.

Classification

Family
Lamiaceae

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Fuchsia Salvia — with regular watering and fertilizing helping it maintain its most lush; it prefers well-drained soil and average moisture
Fuchsia Salvia — The contrast is crisp against deep green foliage; with regular watering and fertilizing helping it maintain its most lush
Fuchsia Salvia — Part of the Proven Winners® Rockin’® series
Fuchsia Salvia — creating a polished yet exuberant look that reads beautifully from a distance and rewards close viewing; easy-care choice for, image 61
Fuchsia Salvia — with an upright habit that gives it useful structure in mixed plantings; almost electric note to warm-season plantings, image 62
Fuchsia Salvia — Useful as a border accent, mass planting, or container thriller; it shows a good measure of toughness, image 53
Fuchsia Salvia — easy-care choice for landscapes that need long-season presence
Fuchsia Salvia — Rockin’® Fuchsia Salvia is a confident thriller for containers; is an upright annual that brings a vivid
Fuchsia Salvia — It is perennial in frost-free gardens and hardy in USDA Zones 9a through 11b, image 38
Fuchsia Salvia — easy-care choice for landscapes that need long-season presence; gardeners often note its appeal to hummingbirds
Fuchsia Salvia — It prefers well-drained soil and average moisture
Fuchsia Salvia — pink flowers in the garden; especially where its fuchsia-and-black flowers can be repeated for rhythm
Fuchsia Salvia — almost electric note to warm-season plantings; while in colder regions it is best treated as a high-performing annual
Fuchsia Salvia — The contrast is crisp against deep green foliage
Fuchsia Salvia — Rockin’® Fuchsia is especially striking for its saturated fuchsia-pink flowers
Fuchsia Salvia — each held by a dark black calyx that gives the bloom spikes depth and drama; the contrast is crisp against deep green foliage, image 59
Fuchsia Salvia — Rockin’® Fuchsia is especially striking for its saturated fuchsia-pink flowers; useful as a border accent, mass planting, or container thriller
Fuchsia Salvia — it shows a good measure of toughness
Fuchsia Salvia — where its vertical bloom wands rise above trailing and mounding companions
Fuchsia Salvia — commonly referred to as Fuchsia Salvia; pink flowers in the garden
Fuchsia Salvia — it shows a good measure of toughness; deer resistance adds practical value
Fuchsia Salvia — commonly referred to as Fuchsia Salvia; pink flowers in the garden, image 54
Fuchsia Salvia — each held by a dark black calyx that gives the bloom spikes depth and drama
Fuchsia Salvia — Useful as a border accent, mass planting, or container thriller; it shows a good measure of toughness

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