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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4 - 5 feet
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fragrant
Other: Reddish-purple in fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Hot pink flowers with dark purple calyx
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season. Blooms until frost.
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Parentage: Salvia involucrata x unknown

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Common names
  • Hybrid Rose Leaf Sage
  • Hybrid Rosebud Sage
  • Salvia
Also sold as:
  • Salvia involucrata 'Mulberry Jam'
  • Salvia x involucrata 'Mulberry Jam'

'Mulberry Jam' was a featured
Plant of the Day for September 29, 2015.
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Date: 2008-09-15
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2010-10-21

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My Property Sunset  Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-12-01
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-24
Location: My Property Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-12-10
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: September 24, 2013
With a bumblebee.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-09-16
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-09-01
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-09-01
Location: My Property Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-12-04
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-24

Courtesy Robin's Salvias
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-05
Hummers love these flowers!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-09-16
Location: My Property Sunset Zone 23 Fallbrook California
Date: 2013-02-12

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My Property Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-12-13
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-24
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-24
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-24
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-05
Hummers love these flowers!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-05
Hummers love these flowers!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-05
Hummers love these flowers!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-05
Hummers love these flowers!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2011-07-09
Center of the container.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-09-05
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-24
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-24
Location: My property Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-11-16
Location: My property Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-11-16
Comments:
  • Posted by Danita (GA - Zone 7b) on Jan 27, 2016 8:08 AM concerning plant:
    'Mulberry Jam' is an interspecific hybrid between Salvia involucrata and an unknown species. The other parent is speculated to be Salvia chiapensis. It was found in the California garden of Betsy Clebsch. It is a gorgeous Salvia that grows to around four feet tall and starts blooming in midsummer, continuing until frost. Emergence after winter doesn't occur until late spring. Plants that are overwintered without freezing can start blooming even earlier. It is less brittle than its S. involucrata parent but can still benefit from protection from strong winds. It is very popular with hummingbirds and hummingbird gardeners.
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Sep 8, 2013 10:44 PM concerning plant:
    The hummingbirds love 'Mulberry Jam'! I'm excited as I look out of our kitchen window or patio door and see hummingbirds working all the flowers to get to the nectar. The beautiful flowers are fuzzy and just seem to keep blooming! The flowers are a deeper color than I could capture in my pics. I love this Salvia!

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