Salvia

50-75cm. The most brillant red of all the salvia. Plant in full sun with good drainage, give a trim over to shape in the spring when growth has commenced and not before!  Hardy SOLD OUT

.A seedling from Fuego. Fuego should have a fiery orange colourflower but this seedling flowered in a soft lilac. This plant was taken to the UK were its name (Robin) was altered unbeknown to us to Javier. It was also sent to Wisley where it has been awarded AGM.

A small compact hardy shrub (60-70cm) that has pastel pink flowers from late spring to the Autumn.

Makes a low shrubby mound 40 -60cm with aromatic shining green foliage. Flowers a nice lemon over a long period. If plants become woody give a severe haircut in the early spring AFTER growth is well under way. SOLD OUT more in spring 2017

One of our own breeding.  A lovely rich lemon-cream colour with a flush of pink. The photo is not bringing up the true colour, it is more lemon-cream than pink. Hardy

Low growing shrub under 60cm. Full sun and dry tolerant when established.  Flowering starting in early summer and continues until frost. Hardy.   SOLD OUT until late spring 2017

'Royal Bumble' is a bushy plant to 75cm high, evergreen, aromatic, glossy, deep-green leaves. Large, rich glowing-red flowers.Flowers from late spring to autumn. 

 All the Salvia x jamensis vars are very hardy with us. They should be used much more than they are. For those who have a problem with rabbits in the garden the S. x jamensis are rabbit resistant.  Our own breeding. A low shrub to 50cm. During summer and autumn a mass of...

60cm  A beautiful soft seashell coral shade flowering for months but reaching a peak in the autumn. Good drainage and sun. Very hardy.

One of our own hybrids named after the mighty Waiau River in Western Southland  A lovely soft pink. Grows to 50 x 50cm with us. Best in full sun.

One of our own breeding and named after one of the four  rivers that pass through Southland  into Foveaux Strait.   Grows approx 70cm x 70cm with flowers that appear pale lemon but actually  if you have a RHS Colour chart the flower colour keys to Orange Group 27 with hints of...

Full sun. Forms a neat short bushy plant smothered with blue lipped flowers opening from purple bracts. For front-middle of borders. Good for massing. 

This grows into a neat bushy habit and a long season of interest. Violet-blue flower spikes are borne on stiff stems in mid-summer.  Grow in  fertile, moist well-drained soil. Best in full sun but can tolerate light partial shade.  Good as a cut flower.

Mainacht=Maynight.  The perennial sages are invaluable for their rich display of spiky flowers in the early summer border. This selection is medium in size, with flowers of deep indigo violet-blue. Remove faded blooms to encourage repeat flowering. Excellent for cutting....