Salvia ‘Madeline’ at Digging Dog Nursery

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.

Salvia ‘Madeline’

Salvia ‘Madeline’ (P-1950)

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Discovered amongst a patch of Salvia hians by famed Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, this distinctive 2009 introduction premiers 2 ft. tall branching spires with standout bicolored flowers swaying above a large bushy basal rosette. Appealing 7 in. long, lusty green leaves ground the sturdy upright stalks, which house copious whorled blooms, each with a blue-violet upper calyx, white lower lip and prominent, lanky blue-tipped niveous stigma. A hummingbird darling for the border or cottage garden, ‘Madeline’s undemanding verve prospers in sunny free-draining nooks, while her early summer blossoms are persistent, either outside or in a vase. (pp#20,456)

Blooms May–June

Size: 2' 0" high x 18" wide.

Hardy to zone 5.

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