Red Hot Sally Salvia
Red Hot Sally scarlet sage produces stocky spikes of vivid red flowers early in summer and continuing until frost. Native to Brazil, this tender perennial is most often used as an annual bedding plant. Spent flowerspikes may be cut off so that side buds grow and produce more flowers. The flowers are held slightly above the green leaves, creating a dense plant with stout and bright accents of red petals. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds will flock to this plant.
This scarlet sage cultivar needs full sun and average garden soil, however it is very heat and drought tolerant once established. 'Red Hot Sally' is tremendously useful as a massed annual planting, as border accents, or in containers. It can provide a full, yet short vertical accent for large hanging baskets, too. I bought two of these and hope my "Black Thumb" doesn't kill them!
Wild Mint
Also known as Japanese Mint, Wild Mint is a weed in some places, but is also cultivated for mint tea, medicines, flavors, and odors. Oil of spearmint is sometimes added to baked goods, frozen dairy, meats, beverages, and chewing gum.
Grad Trash
A Grad's family isn't concerned about the world they leave for the graduate. Debris on a hiking bridge.
Bird of Paradise
Territory
Gangs hang shoes on power lines to mark territories. Perhaps fishermen do also.
Lionfish
Lionfish were introduced as aquarium fish, but have gotten into Gulf Coast waters and are a menace to other fish.
Pokeberries
Parking Lot Stripes
Luckenbach Post Office
Foggy Flower
WWII Anti-Aircraft Battery
