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SALVIA
Commonly known as Sage
In the mint family. Very large genus of about 900 species of annuals, biennials, herbaceous and evergreen perennials and shrubs distributed generally in temperate and tropical regions.
They are frequently aromatic, hairy or woolly and many species attract bees. Some have medicinal and culinary qualities.
Clary (clear-eye) sage, S. verbenaca and S. pratensis are the UK natives. Seeds of the former, from dry pastures and roadsides in southern England, were made in to a mucilage and used to soothe eye irritation, roots were ground as snuff and leaves used as a herb with lemon or orange juice. The latter, meadow clary, has a status of Vulnerable and Near Threatened because of the manufacture of "improved grassland". It is found on calcareous grassland in southern England.
Less hardy varieties can be grown in containers.
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Evergreen
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Herb
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Additional Features
Good to knowWildlife plant. Very attractive to bees and butterflies. Used for culinary purposes (S. officinalis)
Medicinal propertiesS. officinalis (common sage) - a history of use in medicine
Place of originWorldwide distribution in temperate and tropical regions.Resistant to honey fungusThese plants have little or few problems with honey fungus. -
Wildlife
Bee friendly
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Allergic reactions and pollen
- Plants which produce masses of pollen - to avoid
- Plants producing little pollen - relatively safe!
ACHILLEA 'Inca Gold'
AGASTACHE mexicana 'Red Fortune'
ALLIUM giganteum
BALLOTA pseudodictamnus
CANNA 'Lucifer'
CROCOSMIA 'Lucifer'
GAURA lindheimeri 'The Bride'
HAKONECHLOA macra 'All Gold'
HELENIUM 'Moerheim Beauty'
HELENIUM 'Ruby Tuesday'
PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire'
PERSICARIA microcephala 'Red Dragon'
PHLOMIS russeliana
VERONICA
Buy Varieties of SALVIA
SALVIA africana-lutea
(syn. S. aurea) - In mild climates this extraordinary species forms a medium sized perennial shrub. It has large bright yellow clawlike flowers which quickly turn a rusty-brown. One of those plants which makes you stop in your tracks to wonder what it is!
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA 'Amante'
pink flowers from purple calyces
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA 'Amethyst Lips'
small purple flowers, white at the base.
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA 'Amistad'
purple flowers from deep purple calyces
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA argentea
rosettes of silver furry leaves with spikes of soft pink white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA 'Blue Note'
(syn. S. greggii 'Blue Note') - small true-blue flowers
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA confertiflora
woody-based perennial with long spikes of orange-red flowers in summer. Frost tender
SALVIA dombeyi
brilliant red flowers up to 5 metres long. Our plants flower in late autumn
SALVIA 'Dyson's Joy'
a bicoloured variety with white tinged pink flowers before a pinkish-red calyx
SALVIA 'Embers Wish'
coppery yellow in bud opening to an intense red.
SALVIA guaranitica 'Black and Blue'
purple-blue flowers with near-black calyces. Vigorous
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA x jamensis 'Hot Lips'
two-tone red and white flowers. Bushy perennial
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA x jamensis 'Nachtvlinder'
rich purple. Hardy
Gift-wrapping available
SALVIA 'Love and Wishes'
popular runner up in RHS plant of the year 2015 with purple-pink flowers
SALVIA microphylla 'Cerro Potosi'
small magenta-pink flowers
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