Photo of Blackcurrant Sage (Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips') uploaded by vic

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Location: Oregon
Date: spring 2012
Location: In backyard garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2014-4-26
Hot Lips salvia
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2018-06-28
Even on a cool day, this flower is HOT
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA
Date: 2021-10-29
Location: Portugal
Date: 2018-09-29
Salvia greggii 'Hot Lips'
Location: NJ
My hotlips is unstable this year.  Guessing from the temperature
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2023-10-04
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2021-05-25
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2022-07-01
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13

Date: 2011-08-06
Location: Highland, CA
Date: 2017-06-14
Hummingbirds love lipstick salvia!
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 5-13-2020
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: May 11 2020
4 year old plant
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Location: Cary, North Carolina private garden
Date: 2023-06-08
Location: NJ
Can see in the background full red blooms due to the temperature
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: August 2019
In spring, the boom is bi-colored, in the summer the blooms are u
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13

Date: 2016-10-23

Date: 2016-10-23
this is the closest I could get and still get the seedpod in focu

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: In backyard garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2014-4-26
Hot Lips salvia
Photo by wcgypsy

Date: 2011-09-29
Location: Kerrville, TX
Date: July 2004

Date: 2013-08-22
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2013-05-29
Salvia \"Hot Lips\" can produce red, white, and red & white bloom
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2013-05-15
The blooms attract butterflies and hummingbirds alike.
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-05-09
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-11-06
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-27
first spring after autumn planting
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-03-28
Zone 9b. Plants left untrimmed bloom much sooner the next year li
Photo by Horseshoe

Date: 2013-08-26
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-07-20
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2017-11-07
Was just a six inch cutting about eight months ago
Photo by kosk0025
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-03-22

Date: 2011-08-06
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-03-22

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: Cherokee County Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: Cherokee County Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: AZ
Date: Spring
This blooms until hard frost, it blooms in solid red, solid white
Location: western Oregon
Date: spring 2014

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: western Oregon
Date: spring 2013

Shrubby plant with small blooms center of picture.
Location: Terrell Park
Date: 2014-04-26
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 4-17-2017
Photo by wcgypsy

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-04-26
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2013-05-29
One of my favorite salvias for Florida! Drought tolerant and bloo
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-06-12
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-10-23
close-up of flowers and foliage
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2017-11-07
Was just a six inch cutting about eight months ago
Photo by kosk0025
Location: Home
Date: 2016-11-02
Location: Botanical Garden Leipzig, Germany
Date: 2022-09-17
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 3-22-18
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-05-06
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-05-06

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Photo by robertduval14
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-04-25
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2006-09-19
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-04-29
So far the blooms are all red

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2006-09-07

Date: 2016-10-04
hummer arriving for dinner
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: Livermore, CA
Date: Winter - 23Dec2016
Eye-catching Salvia Hot Lips with a hummingbird
Photo by pinkiris
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-04-13

Date: 2016-09-28
Photo by fahte
Location: Plano, TX

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-11-09
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-07-19
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2020-12-31
Hot Lips Salvia cutting, overwintering in Michigan
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2006-12-30
Location: In backyard garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2014-4-26
Hot lips salvia and hummingbird
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-10-23
used as an annual

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