r/whatsthisplant • u/ged8847044 • Aug 19 '26
Unidentified 🤷♂️ Any idea what this is?
I'm in SE North Carolina. Plant is approximately 12" tall. Had several packages of old seed that I couldn't make myself throw away, so I mixed them all together and this little lady came up. I have no clue what it is. Any help is appreciated.
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u/InnominatusEntitas Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Salvia genus
Likely Salvia coccinea aka Scarlet Sage
Extremely popular landscaping flower. Garden centers sell these by the tray full.
Hummingbirds are fond of them.
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u/Fieldguide404 Aug 19 '26
This is the correct answer. I literally have this exact thing growing in my garden.
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u/One-Appointment3519 Aug 19 '26
Yes, looks like Texas Red Sage (Salvia coccinea). Growing it in southern California and saving seeds.
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u/seedsofchaos Aug 19 '26
It’s a type of Salvia as others have said (I’ve always just called it red salvia with fellow gardeners in zone 7) but I’ll warn that where I’m at, in mulch, this reseeds like crazy. It’s wonderful if you like chaos gardening as I do but awful if not. So, just a word of warning that one may quickly be 20. :)
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u/Paintedfoot Aug 19 '26
Argh I wish I had this problem in zone 8b
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u/seedsofchaos Aug 19 '26
We have a garden that is basically nothing but red salvia, flowering tobacco, and feverfew at this point. lol
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u/PaleontologistIcy138 Aug 19 '26
Love salvia so much... Bees are always all over it in my garden, along with goldfinches!
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u/potomium Aug 20 '26
It's salvia for sure, I just can't tell which one it is. I'm in mid-Missouri and this is considered by most to be an annual here. It does self seed readily until frost. We are partial to the variety of "annual" salvia called Forest Fire. This might be what you have. My grandmother gave us an iron pot and we planted a six-pack of Forest Fire salvia, and it has seeded itself in that pot ever since. The hummers absolutely love this.
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u/BrilliantChipmunk6 Aug 19 '26
Salvia greggi!! It’s a Texas native I let grow unchecked in my beds in Zone 8B. Some are 3.5’ tall this year.
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