Credit: Peter Krumhardt. Pink knockout rose and blue salvia plant. Credit: Deb Wiley. Clary Sage Salvia viridis purple flowers. Credit: John Sylvester. Culinary Sage Sage Salvia officinalis green leaves. Credit: Marty Baldwin. Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' green and reddish leaves. Salvia officinalis 'Icterina' green leaves with yellow edges.
Credit: Susan A. Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor' green leaves with orange flowers. Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally'. Salvia farinacea Victoria Blue deep purple flowers. Credit: David Goldberg. Salvia farinacea Cirrus white flowers. Credit: Bob Lenz. Credit: Ed Gohlich. Credit: David Speer.
Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph' light pink flowers. Gentian Sage Salvia patens blue flowers. Credit: Laurie Black. Salvia patens 'Blue Angel' flower. Credit: Bill Stites.
Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans rich red flower. Silver Sage Salvia argentea rich blue-green leaves. Credit: Julie Mikos. May Night Salvia deep purple and yellow flowers.
Credit: Stephen Cridland. East Friesland Salvia purple flowers. Credit: Mark Kane. Salvia nemorosa 'Plumosa' magenta flowers. Credit: Denny Schrock. Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' red and white flowers. Credit: Lynn Karlin. Salvia pachyphylla Mojave Sage deep pink flowers. Raspberry Delight Salvia bright red flowers. Blue Sage plant with rich green leaves. Credit: Chipper R. Credit: Justin Hancock. Serbian Sage Salvia jurisicii light purple flowers. Purple Knockout Sage orange plants by landscaping rock.
Salvias in the ground should get all the moisture they need from rainfall; they are drought tolerant once established. However rain rarely reaches the compost in pots, so salvias growing in containers need watering regularly. There is no need to feed plants growing in the ground — they will produce foliage at the expense of flowers.
Feed salvias in pots from spring to early autumn with a high potash feed such as tomato food. To ensure that you can enjoy salvias from year to year, take cuttings in late summer. In mild areas, mulch tender salvias with a 10cm layer of well-rotted manure or garden compost to protect them from frost.
In colder areas, lift them as you would dahlias, and overwinter them in pots indoors. In late spring, cut the plant back to quite low down on the plant, above thee fresh shoots that are appearing at the base. Salvia cuttings can be taken in April, August or September. This gives you lots of new plants that you can plant in your garden or give away. In this video, Monty Don explains how which salvia shoots make good cuttings, what compost mix they need to root successfully, how to trim the cuttings and the best conditions to aid root development:.
Pests and diseases are rarely an issue for salvias. Keeping plants through the winter is the biggest challenge. Plants growing in persistently wet clay soil over winter may die. Some plants hit by frost in winter may re-emerge from the base in spring — if the plant is showing no signs of re-growth by mid-June, however, it has probably died.
It is long-flowering and particularly floriferous, with rich-purple flowers. Height x Spread: 50cm x 1. H x S: 50cm x 50cm. It is a frost-hardy but may need some winter protection. It bears tall spikes of purple flowers from June to September. Hello Katy! I suspect the white blooming salvia braved the storm, since they are the most tolerant of cold, even more than the ones with colorful blooms.
Is it possible that the pink ones died and the white ones stayed on? If I was in your shoes, I might try to root a few cuttings from any pink that survived in autumn, which is the season for that. I would love to hear how this turns out. I love Pineapple Salvia, which grows to about 6 feet and blooms in late fall with brilliant scarlet flowers, providing autumn food for hummingbirds.
They offer great service. Hello Mary Treiber! Happy gardening! Salvia spp. Leucantha Starter Plant This one does well in zones Splendens Seeds — Sizzler Series Plants grow about a foot tall and produce large flower spikes over dark green leaves. Common Sage Plants This plant grows to about 2 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
Its flowers are purple-blue. Photo by Gretchen Heber. Mite or Might Not? This ounce spray bottle is ready to use. More Posts Notify of. Oldest Newest Most Voted. Inline Feedbacks. Gretchen Heber gretchenheber. Reply to Kassy 2 years ago. Hi Kassy, Thank you for reading this article! Can I grow it inside? I live in an apartment. With a balcony, of course. Matt Suwak mattsuwak.
Reply to Gail Thiel 1 year ago. Laura Melchor lauramelchor. Reply to Irishlady 1 year ago. Here are some options:. Generally speaking, salvias do not have a reputation of being invasive.
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