Annual flowers – create summer colour
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Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewels Pink'
As with most good salvias, it's the contrast between calyx and petals that make this variety such a cracker. More
| 1 x 9cm pot 511373-1 | £5.95 |
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| 3 x 9cm pots 511373-3 | £14.50 |
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More Details
As with most good salvias, it's the contrast between calyx and petals that make this variety such a cracker, a glowing plant for a container, or as an all summer and autumn border filler. It's super-easy to propagate, too.
| Genus | Salvia |
| Group/Species | coccinea |
| Variety | Summer Jewels Pink |
| Type | Perennial (grown as an annual) |
| Common Name | Texas Sage |
| Border Position | Container Garden |
| Soil Type | Broad Tolerance |
| Scent | Fragrant foliage |
| Site | Full Sun |
| Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
| Height | 45cm (18in) |
| Spacing | 30cm (12in) |
| Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Plant in moist but well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered spot and sprinkle mycorrhizal fungi (Rootgrow) into the base of the planting hole. For best effect plant in groups of 3's. |
| Care Tips | Plant out after all risk of frosts has past. Feed regularly through the summer months. Best treated as an annual. |
| Flowering | May - November |
| Harvesting | Flower production: 7 months. |
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- Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
- Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
- Flowers/Harvest
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Delivery
Plant Delivery - When in stock, please allow up to 4-6 weeks for despatch. For fruit & veg bare roots/crowns or potatoes, please allow up to 2 weeks for despatch.
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Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewels Pink' reviews
Average based on 5 reviews
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Reviewed 12th August 2019 by Heidi They are delightful but I should have planted them to the front of the border where, because they are delicate, they would have been more visible. |
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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Gordon After a wait of many weeks a pathetic broken plant arrived. |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Jenny A bit small, but it flowered and is doing ok. |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Lynda
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Gillian Lovely plant really pleased with it |
