Name: Hummingbird Sage, Giant

Botanical Name: Salvia spathacea

Zone: 6-10

Exposure: Sun, light shade

Bloom Time and Color: Ruby Red blooms

Description: A perennial growing 1 to 3 feet tall. It has bright green highly fragrant leaves and produces large amazingly showy blooms which are ruby red to dark maroon. It spreads from underground rhizomes. Good for planting under shade trees in dry soil or in part or full sun. Can make a nice ground cover.