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Those wonderful blue salvias
Have I persuaded any,of you to try salvia patens or any other blue flowering ones? They are tender,perennials treated much the same as dahlias and also form tubers. They flower for months,,have scented leaves but what glorious blue flowers. Keep them in the ground in mild areas or dig them up to protect over winter. Plant with orange, yellow or white flowers ...superb Who's persuaded?
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Lovely blue Verdun. I have had them overwinter but the seed raised ones get to flower first
In the sticks near Peterborough
hello these sound lovely, would they suit a shady patch or can i grow them in pots? do i buy them as seeds or as tubers, what are tubers???
I grew them last year and you are right...startlingly blue flowers
I saw lots of Salvia Patens in Hidcote Garden some years ago and wanted them, but I couldn't find them here in France until fairly recently. I tried a few from the GC which were rather spindly and quite expensive. They didn't do very well, nothing like the Hidcote ones and they had much paler flowers.
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I have only grown this one...(from seed)
It's gone int my 'to sow now' box.
But haven't done any seed sowing today, as there are flurries of snow outside.
verdun thanks for the suggestion
cheerypeabrain that looks lovely.
verdun thanks that looks a great place to buy salvias, happy shopping.