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Sensible Salvia Collection

Common name: Anise-scented sage

You will add an extraordinary contrast in your garden with this deep blue and black foliage.

-1 to -5°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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Young Plants
6 for £16.00
just £2.67 each
12 for £22.00
just £1.83 each
18 for £28.00
just £1.56 each
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Watch with delight from June to November, as pollinators visit flowers in succession, making stems bob and sway as each is selected in turn. Blooms also make a beautiful inclusion in a vase to bring colour and fragrance into your home. Your ‘Sensible Salvia Collection’ comprises; microphylla ‘Royal Bumble’ AGM - vibrant red flowers emerge from purple-flushed stems, height 75cm, spread 60cm, hardy to -10°C; microphylla ‘Viola's Darling’ – velvety, purple-maroon blooms, height 60cm, spread 45cm, hardy to -10°C; guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ – large dark blue tubular blooms are held by near black calyces, height 1.5-2.5m, spread 1m, hardy to -5°C; microphylla ‘Gletsjer’ – clear white blooms, height and spread 1m, hardy to -10°C; nemorosa ‘Pink Beauty’ – spikes of small, rose-pink blooms, height and spread 50cm, hardy to -20°C; and nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ AGM - masses of small, iridescent, violet blue blooms held on strong, dark purple stems, height and spread 60cm, fully hardy to -20°C and below. Salvia prefer a site with a southerly or westerly aspect which enjoys sunshine for most or part of the day.
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Key Information
Included In this Collection Salvia Royal Bumble YP Salvia nemorosa Caradonna YP Salvia hybrida Black and Blue Salvia nemorosa Pink Beauty YP
Latin Name Salvia microphylla 'Royal Bumble'
Common Name Sage
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Red
Type Perennial
Format Young Plants
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Semi-Evergreen
Height in Maturity (m) 0.75
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.60
AGM Yes
Soil Conditions Chalk Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect South-facing, West-facing
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes
Good for groundcover Yes

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