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Watch with delight from June to November, as pollinators visit flowers in succession, making stems bob and sway as each is selected in turn. Blooms also make a beautiful inclusion in a vase to bring colour and fragrance into your home.Your ‘Sensible Salvia Collection’ comprises; microphylla ‘Royal Bumble’ AGM – vibrant red flowers emerge from purple-flushed stems, height 75cm, spread 60cm, hardy to -10°C; microphylla ‘Viola’s Darling’ – velvety, purple-maroon blooms, height 60cm, spread 45cm, hardy to -10°C; guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ – large dark blue tubular blooms are held by near black calyces, height 1.5-2.5m, spread 1m, hardy to -5°C; microphylla ‘Gletsjer’ – clear white blooms, height and spread 1m, hardy to -10°C; nemorosa ‘Pink Beauty’ – spikes of small, rose-pink blooms, height and spread 50cm, hardy to -20°C; andnemorosa ‘Caradonna’ AGM – masses of small, iridescent, violet blue blooms held on strong, dark purple stems, height and spread 60cm, fully hardy to -20°C and below.Salvia prefer a site with a southerly or westerly aspect which enjoys sunshine for most or part of the day.
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Key Information
Included In this Collection | Salvia Royal Bumble YP | Salvia nemorosa Caradonna YP | Salvia guaranitica Black and Blue | Salvia nemorosa Pink Beauty YP |
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Latin Name | Salvia microphylla ‘Royal Bumble’ | |||
Common Name | Sage | |||
Hardiness | H4 (-5 to -10°C) | |||
Colour | Red | |||
Type | Perennial | |||
Format | Young Plants | |||
Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | |||
Foliage | Semi-Evergreen | |||
Height in Maturity (m) | 0.75 | |||
Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.60 | |||
AGM | Yes | |||
Soil Conditions | Chalk Loam Sand | |||
Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | |||
Aspect | South-facing, West-facing | |||
Drought Tolerant | Yes | |||
Good for pots | Yes | |||
Good for wildlife | Yes | |||
Good for pollinators | Yes | |||
Good for cutting | Yes | |||
Good for groundcover | Yes |