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Salvia
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The vibrant red flower spikes of scarlet sage, so loved by municipal gardeners, make a blaze of summer colour few other flowers can match. This perennial salvia is almost always grown as a summer flowering annual, and comes in a range of other colours. They are heat tolerant but require frost protection.
Timing:
Plant in spring to summer for flowers in late spring and summer. Will flower 6-8 weeks after planting. May continue flowering into autumn and winter, and even into a second year in warm climates.
Positioning:
Full sun to part shade.
Height:
30-60cm
Planting Distance:
20-30cm
Colour:
Fire engine red, scarlet, violet, purples, blues, pinks and white.
Use:
Massed displays, bedding, borders, containers, cut flowers.
