Rockin'® Fuchsia Salvia

Rockin’® Fuchsia is a vigorous salvia hybrid grown for fuchsia flowers with contrasting black calyces. It blooms through spring, summer, and fall, making a colorful upright accent for borders, containers, and mass plantings. ## Garden Use The source lists mature height of 24–36 inches and spread of 24–30 inches, with part sun to sun. It treats this selection as an annual except in frost-free areas, and lists USDA hardiness zones 9–11. Average water is recommended. Flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds; the plant is listed as deer resistant, heat tolerant, and drought tolerant. Kew places Salvia in Lamiaceae. ([Proven Winners: Rockin’ Fuchsia](https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/salvia/rockin-fuchsia-salvia); [Kew: Salvia](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/30000096-2)) ## Seasonal Interest The flowering season spans spring, summer, and fall; the plant is described as continuously blooming until frost. Its flowers are pink to fuchsia with black calyces, above deep green foliage. ([Proven Winners: Rockin’ Fuchsia](https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/salvia/rockin-fuchsia-salvia)) ## Maintenance Deadheading is not necessary. Trimming can maintain the chosen shape or size; the source says trimmed plants branch and fill out. ([Proven Winners: Rockin’ Fuchsia](https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/salvia/rockin-fuchsia-salvia); [USPP 30,923](https://patents.justia.com/patent/PP30923))