Outstanding bedding salvia, dark green foliage, bright red blooms. Plants have exceptional vigour providing a longer lasting display than other red salvias.
Tall, handsome spiky plants which add a touch of elegance to a bed or border. The flower spikes are produced over a long period and are excellent for cutting. A Fleuroselect Bronze Medal Winner. Flowers summer/autumn. Height 18in
One of the most famous summer annual bedding plants, long flowering, early flowering, compact and neat. It is a frost tender annual. Ideal for bedding and edging. Other excellent sites are windowboxes and tubs. Flowers summer. Height 30cm (12in)
This delightful perennial salvia is closely related to the much-admired 'Hot Lips', and similarly produces an abundance of eye-catching, bicoloured (or sometimes solid) purple and white flowers throughout the summer. An unusual and very pretty hardy member of the sage family, Amethyst Lips is a great 'doer' and will look incredible in a patio pot or in a sunny border! The bright, two-tone flowers will light up your garden in purple and white, from early summer to the first frosts in October, in a wonderful 5-month display. As a bonus, the leaves are lightly scented too which only adds to the appeal of this charming plant. This salvia is winter hardy and will die back underground in the autumn only to burst into life again with fresh new growth each spring. In cooler summers, you will get whiter flowers, and in hot ones you will get lots of purple. This Salvia is really easy to care for and flowers prolifically with minimal care perfect for beginners!
A superb salvia collection featuring three colours that complement each other wonderfully. Their foliage forms clumps of aromatic leaves that give rise to spectacular upright spires that are covered with tiny flowers from June until October. With different heights, they look particularly good planted together, especially in a large pot, but they equally as impressive in borders. All of them are recommended as 'Plants for Pollinators' by the RHS and bees and many other insects will feast on the huge numbers of flowers. Easy to grow and preferring full sun, they are drought tolerant and just need regular deadheading and watering to encourage repeat flowering all summer long. The flower spikes are extremely weather resistant and appear unaffected by wind, rain, or hot, dry spells, and they also make ideal cut flowers. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to be potted on or planted out into your garden. You'll receive 4 each of the following: Salvia 'East Friesland' - A beautiful compact variety with narrow spires of vibrant violet blue flowers. Holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit and. Reaching 45 cm (18 in) in height and spreading 60 cm (2 ft). Salvia 'Big Blue' - Tall racemes packed full of breath-taking bright purple flowers. Growing to 90 cm (3 ft) in height and spreading 60 cm (2 ft). Salvia 'Edula Rose' - Lovely bright pink flower spikes reaching a height and spread of 40 cm (16 in).
Perfect for framing the front of beds and borders, this vibrant purple Salvia comprises of a mass of upright stems that are smothered in tiny deep purple flowers throughout the summer. Not only does it make an eye catching addition to edges, beds and borders but it will also stand to attention in pots and containers and, when crushed, gives a beautiful aromatic scent!Easy to grow and very drought tolerant they just need regular watering to keep them moist and encourage repeat flowering all summer long. We would also recommend you remove faded flowers to extend the blooming period. Compact and forming clumps, Salvia Purple will not only add colour to your garden but will attract bees and butterflies and bring your garden to life with useful, pollinating insects! Supplied as 6 plug plants, ready to pot on or plant out. Growing to a height and spread of 50cm (20in).
Recently introduced, this delightful perennial salvia is closely related to the much-admired 'Hot Lips', and similarly produces an abundance of eye-catching, bicoloured (or sometimes solid) purple and white flowers throughout the summer. An unusual and very pretty hardy member of the sage family, 'Cherry Lips' is a great 'doer' and will look incredible in a patio pot or in a sunny border! The bright, two-tone flowers will light up your garden in purple and white, from early summer to the first frosts in October, in a wonderful 5-month display. As a bonus, the leaves are lightly scented too, which only adds to the appeal of this charming plant. This salvia is winter hardy and will die back underground in the autumn only to burst into life again with fresh new growth each spring. In cooler summers, you will get whiter flowers, and in hot ones you will get lots of purple. Really easy to care for and flowers prolifically with minimal care - perfect for beginners!
Imagine this lovely new salvia in your garden, with exotic velvet trumpets standing out against dark purple stems - a truly stunning plant! 'Amistad' will flower its socks off for months, filling your border with dark spikes of flowers, set off against its green, furry leaves. The soft flowers are held on erect almost black spikes up to 1.2m, and cupped within an equally attractive black bract. The spires emerge from the base of leaves and erupt through your other plants, never obscuring them, but working in harmony to create a gorgeous palette of colour. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Deadhead regularly and you'll be rewarded with a succession of flower stems, from June to October, bearing gorgeous blooms that bees and butterflies just can't resist. Flowering well into autumn preferably in sun but also in part-shade, the deep purple, velvet-textured blooms of Salvia 'Amistad' are superb in borders or large containers - especially when mixed with yellows or creams. Plants benefit from a winter mulch and will come back bigger and stronger every year. Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pot, with an ultimate height 80-120cm.
Salvia ?Mysty? is a borderline hardy perennial which offers a lot of colour and vibrance.
Salvia 'Purple and Bloom' is a stunning perennial with almost black coloured stems, which display the rich purple flowers over the contrastingly bright green foliage.