This tall, gracefully draping Salvia and August gardens go together. That is when the sumptuous burgundy flowers of 'Van Houtei' are so abundant that they seem to weigh down their bowing stems. An elegant early 1900s cultivar of Salvia splendens, it is vibrant when paired with lime green tobaccos, 'Redhead' and 'Walter Turner' coleus, and fuchsia 'Ricartonii' in the afternoon dappled shade garden.