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T-shirt winner: Helen Kraus, Wilson's Mills, NC

Common Name:
Pineapple Sage

Scientific Name:
Salvia elegans

Type: tender perennial (more like an annual in NC)

Foliage: heart-shaped green leaves that smell like pineapple

Flowers: bright red, long and very showy

Growth: 3 ½ ft. tall

Culture:

• full sun
• well-drained soil

Other:

• attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
• grows well in a greenhouse or indoors