Pint plant from Salvia involucrata grows five feet or taller before it starts blooming in late summer. The plant’s flowers and bracts are a reddish, beetroot color. The bracts occur in pairs which envelop three flowers each, falling away as the flowers expand. The plant’s leaves are small, flat mid-green, slightly cordate-shaped. A native of Mexico it is a die-back perennial into zone 7 if give protection and a winter mulch. Provide a moderately fertile, well-drained, average moist soil in a full to mostly sunny location for the best results.Zones 7 to 11.