Salvia leucantha 'Harry's Red'
Another great introduction from David Glenn at Lambley Nursery, this leucantha has both purple calyx and flower petals giving a more densely saturated colour contrast to the white tomentose stems. Very long flowering on the Perth coastal plain, with the new growth coming into bloom early to mid spring and it will flower until the cold of winter stops it. In the cooler Perth hills the new flowering starts by late spring and continues just as long. A weekly water over summer is all it needs to keep powering on. By mid winter cut all of the foliage to the ground or when you see the new growth beginning and this is all the maintenance it needs. If you have frosty winters a hessian cloth over the new growth will protect it from burn on really cold nights. A super easy salvia that is very rewarding. Full sun is best although a little afternoon shade in summer is tolerated. reaches around 1.2m high and 1m wide in my garden.