Due to high demand for salvia plants at the end of autumn, we have less stock. Propagation this spring is well underway and we anticipate getting most varieties online within 4-6 weeks. Thank you for your patience. SMALL NUMBERS ONLY OF EACH VARIETY AVAILABLE
Canary Island Sage. 150 x 150 if well grown. Hardy to -10. Full sun, resistant to drought. Needs excellent drainage. This perennial salvia has leathery foliage with downy indimentum. The stems are covered with down which gives the salvia a silvery appearance. The flowers are...
'Jupiter's Distaff'. Erect stems to1.5m with bright green hairy foliage that is well worth a site in the garden even without its flowers. The flowers are pale-yellow with maroon speckles. Great in shade or full sun.
One per customer only. Our first offering of this strong growing hybrid between Silas Dyson and Hoya Grande. 60x60cm. As can be seen in the photo the foliage is large and fresh in appearance. The flower colour is red/purple (RHS Colour Chart 67A) The lower petal being 2cm...
Salvia involucrata 'Mulberry Jam' has crimson pink flowers and leaves that are ovate with purplish backs and deep green tops. The plant is tolerant of moderate frosts, grows well in full sun to a partly shaded position and responds well to summer watering. This is a much...
Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' is a compact grower. Slightly tender for us but we have had it growing here for the last twenty odd years! Plant 'Santa Barbara' in full sun and well drained soils. As with other perennial salvia, it tends to grow best where the soil is...
A seedling ex Kew Red from the UK. Kew Red is syn with S. microphylla neurepia. This seedling appear to have crossed again giving a plant that grows to approx 60c. high and a spread of 80cm. A distinctive white flare is on the bottom lip. Hardy
‘Cyclamen’ as its name implies has masses of cyclamen pink flowers. It is a small shrub reaching 80-100cm tall and sa wide. It is tolerant of moderate frosts, full sun and dry.
(East Friesland) This German selection has a nice compact habit, and flowers of deep violet-purple. Remove the faded flowers to encourage repeat blooming, or simply cut back hard after flowering is finished. Plants are reasonably drought tolerant, once established. Excellent...
60 x 30cm Grood front of border plant. Upright spikes of rose-pink flowers from mid-mummer. long flowering. The foliage dies off over winter. Leave this dead foliage and do not cut it back until the new growth starts in spring.
A lower growing form of sage which makes it excellent for front of border display. Fragrant foliage and edible flowers make it good for culinary use. Full sun.
This hybrid appeared in our garden around 20 years ago. Similar in all ways to S. recognita but the flower stems are only to 75cm and the colour is a more intense pink-rose. In whorls of 6-10. The foliage is sage-green and intermediate between its parents. A very long...
Salvia pratensis 'Twilight Serenade' has green wrinkly leaves, with deep purple- blue flowers that emerge on tall 50cm stems. It makes an excellent cut flower. Grow 'Twilight Serenade' in a sheltered, sunny spot in moist soil. Great for a mass planting PB2
One of the Chinese salvias. Very hardy. Growing to approx 60cm with handsome foliage. The branching stems bear purple to reddish-purple tubular flowers 3-5cm long summer flowering. Dies back in winter
An erect perennial or biennial with hairy mid-green leaves. This is suppose to be the variety 'Vatican Pink'. The spikes of large white flowers with pink bracts from spring to summer. Hardy. Tolerant of any reasonable soil in full sun. Height 1m x 45cm.
S.serboana syn Salvia vitifolia: Grape-leaved sage, Grape leaf sage. S. serboana is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial with large, triangular, softly hairy, grey-green leaves and slender, erect stems bearing hooded, tubular, deep blue flower from late summer into autumn....
Bog Sage. A moisture loving perennial but perfectly happy in any soil as long as it does not dry out. Produces masses of clear sky-blue flowers from late summer to mid autumn. Great in the back of the border planted with autumn flowering helenium, rudbeckia etc. Grows toalmost...
Salvia verticillata forms a bushy mound of fuzzy olive-green leaves. Upright spikes of violet-purple flowers begin to appear in early summer, and will continue for weeks if the spent heads are regularly removed. It tolerates many soil conditions, and is drought tolerant,...
Purple rain forms a bushy mound of fuzzy olive-green leaves. Spikes of rich violet-purple flowers in early summer and continue for weeks. The flowers of Purple Rain are darker than the species S. verticillata. Easy to grow, full sun.
This variety is the same as the other Salvia verticilla varieties we offer but with white flowers.
.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.
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. FEW ONLY but more coming.
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
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.
Salvia yunnanensis is native to China. It is found growing on grassy hillsides, forest margins, and dry forests at 1,800 to 2,900 m. It has tuberous roots and grows on erect stems to 30 cm tall. The blue-purple flowers are typical shape of the asian species. Hardy outside...
