Pink-Flowered Pineapple Sage

Salvia elegans 'Frieda Dixon'

This is a much later blooming variety of pineapple sage, with softer salmon-pink flowers that are great in fruit salads or tea. It has a sturdier habit than all other varieties of pineapple sage, and looks beautiful with red-flowering varieties.

Water: Moderate

Hardiness: Can be damaged in deep frost

Habit: 3 to 4' tall

Light: Full Sun

Soil: Rich, well-draining soil

Origin: Jon Dixon found this accidental hybrid in his Woodside, California greenhouse in the early 1980s

Pink-Flowered Pineapple Sage