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!

(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...

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.

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 Sky Dance  is new to us this season. It has soft blue flowers in dense head flowering from late November and will repeat flower if deadheaded. Full sun and well drained siols. 50x40cm

(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...

Vigorous upright form. One of the best to grow as a hedge. Upright growth of silvery green leaves give off a powerful scent especially when planted in full sun where this Mediterranean plant is happiest. Purple/blue flowers stud the stems in May and sporadically through...

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...

A limited number of this new salvia is available now for the first time. This salvia is summer/autumn flowering with aromatic foliage and unusual bi-coloured flowers. Some flowers are fully pink, some white and some bi-coloured pink and white. Flowers can change from fully...

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....