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Create summer colour with these unbeatable annual flowers. Sarah's absolute favourites for reliability and colour.
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Salvia patens 'Beyond Blue'
A delicious new introduction, this clear and cool, ice-blue salvia has large flowers from midsummer lasting almost until Christmas. More
| 1 x 9cm pot 190644-1 | £5.95 |
Delivery mid May
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| 3 x 9cm pots 190644-3 | £14.95 |
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| 1 x 2 litre pot 190644-2L | £9.95 |
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A delicious new introduction, this clear and cool, ice-blue salvia has large flowers from midsummer lasting almost until Christmas. What's particularly special about this hybrid is that it's very compact, with self-branching, bold, triangular foliage. This makes it ideal for container planting, but it's also fabulous in the border and, treated with just a little care over winter by way of a thick mulch and good drainage, it is likely to be perennial, too.
| Genus | Salvia |
| Group/Species | patens |
| Variety | Beyond Blue |
| Type | Tender Perennial |
| Common Name | Gentian Sage |
| Border Position | Container Garden |
| Soil Type | Alkaline - Neutral |
| Site | Full Sun |
| Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
| Height | 45cm (18in) |
| Spacing | 45cm (18in) |
| Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Plant in moist but well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered spot, incorporating plenty of organic matter into the planting area and sprinkle mycorrhizal fungi (Rootgrow) into the base of the planting hole. For best effect plant in groups of 3 plants. |
| Care Tips | Give plants a good watering rather than just a little at a time, but be sure to add grit to your soil to avoid waterlogging over winter. Since patens is a tuber forming salvia, treat it like a dahlia and mulch heavily in late autumn to protect from cold weather and keep the soil as warm as possible. |
| Flowering | July - October |
| Vase Life | Excellent and long-lasting, they also hold their colour when dried. Vase life 7-10 days. Sear stem ends in boiling water for 20 seconds. |
| Harvesting | Flower production: 4 months |
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- Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
- Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
- Flowers/Harvest
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