Grandstand™ Candy Apple - Salvia splendens

Grandstand™ Candy Apple is a named Salvia splendens selection in Green Fuse Botanicals' Grandstand series. The compact series is grown for repeated flower spikes and works in landscape beds or containers. ## Growing Conditions Green Fuse lists Candy Apple among the Grandstand varieties and describes continuous flower-spike production throughout the growing season, with a series garden height of 15–20 inches and width of 8–12 inches. Scarlet sage prefers full sun to part shade and well-drained soil; North Carolina State describes it as a tender perennial grown as an annual in its region. [Green Fuse: Grandstand Candy Apple](https://green-fuse.com/new/salvia-splendens-grandstand/salvia-grandstand-candy-apple/), [Green Fuse catalog](https://green-fuse.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/GreenFuse_2016-Catalog-spread.pdf), and [NC State Extension: Scarlet sage](https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/salvia-splendens/) ## Maintenance Grow in a well-drained bed or container and water according to weather and soil moisture. Remove faded spikes to maintain a neat display; follow local frost dates when planting this tender perennial as an annual.