Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Salvia coccinea, Lady in Red, perennial or annual?, 1 by finnskeeper

finnskeeper wrote:
Mine doesn't seem to reseed down here in Zone 9a but it does overwinter. I have two that are four years old and blooming away. Most of the salvias seem to be perrenial down here. Interestingly, my hot lips salvia even blooms 12 months of the year and never dies back at all even in the colder months. That is one very hardy (and pretty) salvia. None of the other salvias I've tried bloom all winter and resist frost the way this one does (and I have about 8 different salvias in my yard).