Carolina Gardening: Blooming in January, 1 by ardesia

ardesia wrote:
Diehrd, I do have Loropetalum blooming but the salvia is something different. This is a shot of the tip of a branch this afternoon. This plant is huge (7') and looks pretty ratty right now but there are a dozen or so blooming branch tips and at this time of year I'll take any flowers at all. The flowers are large too, at least 1 1/2 this time of year and larger in November when it is at it's peak.
Still don't know the name of this one; I got it from Richard DuFresne at a plant show years ago.