Melon Sage 'Honey Melon'
- Product number: 831875.1
- Origin: Mexico
- Latin: Salvia rutilans, or also Salvia elegans
Melon sage (the name says it all) has a pleasant, sweet melon scent on its leaves. This early-flowering variety has strong and compact growth (occasional pruning is allowed) and good branching. The scent carries over into the taste: delicious in tea, many more culinary uses even in a dessert, and very ornamental in a pot or garden.
Names:
Latin: Salvia rutilans, or Salvia elegans
Dutch: Meloensalie
Also known as: Honingmeloensalie, Salvia elegans
English: Honey Melon Sage
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- Flower colour: Red flowers
- Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Not frost hardy
- Origin: Mexico
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Salvia rutilans, or also Salvia elegans
- Dutch: Melon Sage
- Also known as: Honeydew Melon Sage, Salvia elegans
- English: Honey Melon Sage
