Salvia
Sage
Thought in ancient times to perpetuate good health, an Arab proverb asks, “How shall a man die with sage in his garden?” Our Salvias are diverse perennials, shrubs or subshrubs, many hailing from the Mediterranean, Mexico, South America and some of our western states. Reliable once established, and generally undaunted by pests, disease and drought, they combine an array of flowers and often aromatic foliage in many different sizes, shapes and hues.
Acclaimed garden designer, Piet Oudolf selected this wonderful Salvia pratensis hybrid for its tidy compact habit and unusual two-toned prolific blooms. Tall, upright sturdy branched spires parade a bevy of carmine-colored buds and pink flowers nestled in dark purple calyces. Light green aromatic leaves—ovate, wrinkled and sporting crenate margins—weave a comely basal clump that wards off deer, tantalizes the hummingbirds, requires good air circulation and favors a trim after blooming to promote new growth. (uspp#14,905)
Blooms May–July
Size: 20" – 2' 0" high x 15" – 18" wide.
Hardy to zone 4.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Salvia x ‘Allen Chickering’
- Salvia argentea
- Salvia arizonica
- Salvia azurea ‘Nekan’
- Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’
- Salvia x ‘Big Swing’
- Salvia brandegeei ‘Pacific Blue’
- Salvia cacaliifolia
- Salvia chiapensis
- Salvia clevelandii ‘Whirly Blue’
- Salvia clevelandii ‘Winnifred Gilman’
- Salvia confertiflora
- Salvia corrugata
- Salvia ‘El Cielo Blue’
- Salvia forsskaolii
- Salvia glechomifolia
- Salvia greggii ‘Lowry’s Peach’
- Salvia x ‘Nuevo Leon’
- Salvia greggii ‘Wild Thing’
- Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’
- Salvia guaranitica ‘Blue Ensign’
- Salvia holwayi
- Salvia involucrata ‘Hidalgo’
- Salvia involucrata ‘Mulberry Jam’
- Salvia x jamensis ‘Pat Vlasto’
- Salvia leucantha x elegans ‘Anthony Parker’
- Salvia ‘Madeline’
- Salvia melissodora (Yucca Do Form)
- Salvia mexicana ‘Compton’s Form’
- Salvia mexicana ‘Limelight’
- Salvia mexicana ‘Tula’
- Salvia microphylla
- Salvia microphylla ‘Dennis’ Pink’
- Salvia microphylla x greggii ‘Red Velvet’
- Salvia microphylla ‘Hoja Grande’
- Salvia microphylla ‘San Carlos Festival’
- Salvia microphylla ‘Wild Watermelon’
- Salvia moorcroftiana ssp. x indica
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Negrito’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Rosenwein’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Deep Rose’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Wesuwe’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Schwellenburg’
- Salvia nubicola
- Salvia nutans
- Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’
- Salvia ‘Pozo Blue’
- Salvia pratensis ‘Sky Dance’
- Salvia pratensis ‘Swan Lake’
- Salvia pratensis ‘Sweet Esmeralda’
- Salvia pratensis ‘Twilight Serenade’
- Salvia przewalskii
- Salvia ‘Purple Majesty’
- Salvia purpurea ‘Lavender Lace’
- Salvia reptans
- Salvia reptans ‘West Texas Form’
- Salvia sclarea ‘Vatican White’
- Salvia semiatrata
- Salvia ‘Silke’s Dream’
- Salvia sinaloensis
- Salvia x sylvestris ‘Dear Anja’
- Salvia x sylvestris ‘Tanzerin’
- Salvia uliginosa
- Salvia ‘Ultra Violet’
- Salvia urica
- Salvia vanhoutii (Burgundy Form)
- Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
- Salvia ‘Waverly’
