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A tender variety derived from the high altitude Brazilian species S. splendens commonly encountered in dwarf forms used in bedding schemes, performing dependably with good drainage, enough summer water and protection from wind, midday sun and frost. In the right location it will grow rapidly forming an erect shrub clothed in thinly textured, broadly lanceolate leaves, and bear short spikes of tubular, two lipped flowers in a scrumptious rich purple from darker bracts. Very showy, lush, and flowering almost year round.
Thin old exhausted stems to make way for vigorous new basal growth when it is seen. Expect a life span of 3-4 years, better to replace tired plants with young fast growing new ones than to nursemaid them in senescence.
An erect evergreen shrub. Unusually textured triangular leaves on white downy stems. Purple flowers are produced in summer through to autumn. Should prove tolerant of dry conditions. Cut back to 30cm in spring when new growth is seen.
A stunning Spanish species with furry, slightly sticky, bluntly lance shaped leaves that stiffly clothe vertical stems giving a mounding shrub that appears soft, yet unyielding. As if its form alone was not enough it sends up tall airy scapes of showy, tubular, two lipped, rich purple, white throated flowers, large for a Salvia, in late spring and which continue well into summer.
A unique addition to the gardeners palette of textural mediterranean plants. Easily grown in any sunny, well drained, unirrigated soil, typically the leaner, dryer and more exposed the better, and where it will usually self sow.
Dogmatic adherence to rich, moist soil and summer watering will invariably lead to premature death.
A small, dense, evergreen shrubby Salvia, bearing for most of the year, small, broadly lipped, hooded, tubular flowers, the colour of crushed blueberries, on slender stems. Small, mid green, softly textured, broadly lance shaped to almost triangular leaves, with bluntly serrated margins, clothe the wirey, semi-erect branches.
Prune as necessary during warm weather, whenever new basal growth can be seen.
A hybrid between S. microphylla and S. chamaedryoides.
A new Salvia that should prove extremely popular and hardy given it's parentage.
A clumping, evergreen, herbaceous, perennial. Mid - dark green, coarsely textured, 10cm long, lance shape leaves grow from a woody rootstock, to form dense mounds. From spring to late autumn, erect spikes of rosy-purple flowers appear in profusion on leafy stems growing flat to the ground. Cut back each stem as it finishes, more will come from the centre.
Luminous blue-mauve tubular flowers emerge from whorls of rich rosy pink bracts tiered on erect spikes atop a low mound of, highly aromatic, silvery white spoon shaped leaves crowding stiff woody stems.
One of the most spectacular members of the genus, from the high semi-deserts of California and surrounds and so strictly for drier inland gardens, with their more favourable extremes of heat and cold, where it will prove exceptionally hardy and very long lived. Excellent drainage is essential, with constant moisture, warmth and humidity tolerated only briefly. An occasional summer drink is appreciated but perhaps no more than once a month.
A dense, evergreen, shrubby perennial. Dark, glossy green, deeply toothed, spoon shaped leaves encircle the stems to make for a dense, weed suppressing, mound forming ground cover. Throughout the warmer months copious quantities of lavender, pincushion-like, 5cm, flowers are produced. An extemely tough plant tolerant of most conditions.