= Water twice per month or less, once established.
= Water about once per week, once established.
= Water about twice per week, once established.
= Water three days per week, or more.
Use the plant water needs as a guideline. Actual plant water needs will vary for several reasons, including weather conditions, soil type, sun exposure, root depth, wind and elevation. Adjust your watering schedule as needed to meet the plants' needs at your site. Water recent transplants more often than established plants.
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Salvia greggii
low
hot pink
May to October
18 to 24 in.
18 to 24 in.
No
Texas and Mexico
sun, part shade
USDA zones 5b-10
hardy to 6,000 ft.
Wild thing sage a shrubby perennial flower native to Texas. It has small, shiny green leaves on branching stems. Growing as a nice mound, it produces flushes of beautiful hot pink flowers throughout the summer.
This plant is heat and drought tolerant, but is not always winter hardy in Colorado Springs. However, its continuous production of nice flowers makes it worthwhile to grow as an annual flower even if it won't always survive the winter.
Wild thing sage is a beautiful plant with eye-catching flowers, but is not reliably winter hard at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. It has been planted many times. It will survive for a few years depending on the severity of the winter, but eventually dies out. However, it can be useful as an annual flower for hot, dry locations.
Cut back to new growth in spring.
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