The showy perennial Salvia pentstemonoides ... Ferdinand Lindheimer, the father of Texas botany, collected the first herbarium specimens of big red sage in the 1840s. Other botanists reported ...

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Salvia coccinea ... of brilliant red flowers. Hummingbirds and butterflies flock to these nectar-filled flowers, but pesky deer and rabbits leave the plants alone. In warm zones, Texas sage ...