Salvia

PLEASE NOTE       WE HAVE SOLD OUT OF MOST VARIETIES UNTIL NEW PROPAGATIOM IN THE SPRING

Salvia aurita is a perennial herbaceous shrub native to the Cape provinces of South Africa.  Forms a small shrub 1.2 m if you are lucky 80cm with me.  Numerous blue/white/ lilac flowers.  Sun but likes a soil that does not dry out. In the wild it grows along the banks of streams.

A shrub with aromatic and slightly sticky leathery leaves that grows to a height of 1 m. Light blue flowers are borne in summer. Native to the southwestern Cape of Africa. Said to grow to 1.5m high and as wide but with me has never reached 1m in either direction!

syn. oresbia. A Mexican salvia discovered around 1990. Said to grow to 1.5 m high but I have never had it get beyond 80cm and as wide. Likes full sun or partial shade. Hardy but is cut back by frosts resprouting in spring.Starts to flower January. It is a little brittle, so...

A beautiful handsome herbaceous salvia from China. Grows 60 x 60cm in semi shade to full sun with a cool soil over summer and well drained over winter. The handsome foliage has a dark maroon mid-rib and edging. The strong hairy stems develope soft yellow flowers in whorls of...

Pineapple sage, Honey Melon Sage.   Autumn flowering with long narrow crimson flowers. The foliage is aromatic and slightly sticky. Tall elegant plant to 2m. Needs winter protection in frost areas. NO further sales until plants recover from frost damage in spring.

An upright growing salvia to 1.5cm. Flowers blue with green calyces late summer and autumn until the frosts. Long lived, Hardy. Well drained soils in full sun.

.This salvia is commonly called Jerusalem sage. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean. Clump growing. Prefers full sun to light shade and a well drained soil. Flowering stems reach 75cm. The flower colour ranges from pink to purple.

S. involucrata Hadspen has deep pink-red flowers which are slightly larger than Bethellii. 1.5m Full sun.

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...

This is a medium growing shrub reaching up to 1- 1.5 meter high by a similar width. It has velvety lime green, heart shaped leaves that may be up to 10 cm long. The late flowers are held on top of a floral spike. Flowering from early autumn until frost. This salvia is well...

.75 x 1m.  Originally collected in Mexico. Beautiful pink flowers. Foliage is much larger than we normally see in microphylla hybrids. FEW only

Named after the holder of a National Collection of Salvia in the UK. This is a low growing shrub with fragrant pale green foliage and soft lilac-purple flowers.

This salvia will delight you with its spikes of violet-purple flowers and red bracts. It is a herbaceous sage that enchants us every year. Blooming from November, with its peak in December-January.  Do not hesitate to prune the faded flowers for re-blooming. Grows to approx...

Full sun. Makes a low shrub to 50cm with attractive variegated yellow-green foliage. A fantastic combination when grown with any yellow rose. Foliage can be used for flavouring. Ocasionally has flowers but I remove these and keep the foliage as the plants highlight.

Dark purple leaves and beautiful blue flowers. This is traditionally a culinary and cosmetic variety of sage. In our garden this has proved one of the best-loved plants for massing. This is also an ideal plant if you have a 'hole' in your plantings and can't think what to put...

80cm. This Salvia paten var. has pale pink flowers from Dec-March. It overwinters okay in free draining soils (and not so free draining as with myself) or it can be lifted in the autumn and cared for as you would Dahlia.   

From South Africa. Hardy. 60cm high with a creeping root-stock which is the reason for it'd botanical name of repens. The leaf margins are lacerate (appear torn) The flowers pale lilac with a white bottom lip. 

(syn Rosmarinis officinalis Collingwood Ingram)This variety has very narrow deep green foliage that contrasts with the deep blue flowers the deepest blue I know for rosemary  It makes a bushy upright plant when pruned regularly.  In frosty areas best  sited somewhere the...

Salvia sylvestris grows to almost 1m in flower with racemes of blue flowers.It is hardy  flowering late spring and summer.Suitable for a well-drained soil in the sun . It will tolerate drought.

Spikes of purple calyces produce a very long succession of light bright blue catmint-like flowers sticking out all up and down the spikes. Attractive heart shaped leaves that are deeply textured, makes a nice mound to set off the flowers. Very much like 'Purple Rain', just...

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...

.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. PB2

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