Plant in full to part sun with regular to occasional irrigation. Remains semi-evergreen in warm climates with foliage held in temperatures above 32°F and resprouting from the base after light frosts. Is listed as useful in USDA zones 8a to 11. A very showy red flowering perennial that is quite attractive to people, bees and hummingbirds.

This hybrid sage originated in a controlled breeding program in Hem, the Netherlands in August 2014 that had the objective of creating vigorous and upright well branched Salvia cultivars with large attractively colored flowers and dark green-colored foliage. This involved using the vigorous upright and compact Salvia splendens Vista Rose ('PAS425912') as the female (seed) parent and the strong blooming perennial Salvia darcyi (Galeana Red Sage) as the male (pollen) parent. Salvia 'Roman Red' was selected as a single flowering plant from this cross in March 2015.

After trialing a US Plant Patent by Ball Horticultural Company in September 2019 and it received Plant Patent PP31,931 in June 2020. We first noted this attractive plant in 2021 mixed in with plants we were growing from purchased in plugs of the patented Salvia Mystic Spires Blue ['Balsalmisp'] PP18,05. 

Information displayed on this page about Salvia 'Roman Red' PP31,931 is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.