Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst' - MEADOW SAGE 'AMETHYST'

Piet Oudolf introduction, showy cultivar with dark stems and lavender-pink flower in late spring and early summer.

Award of Garden Merit by Royal Horticultural Society in Britain.

24" tall x 20 wide clumps, flowers end of May/beg. June till July, when cut back early (with still some blooms on) and adding a bit of fertilizer and some watering, they can rebloom and continue till the fall.

Sun is the best, average to drier or drained soil. Adaptable to many soil types, including clayish soils.

Great combinations are with plants that meet in flower - so with Allium christophii, Amsonia, Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana', Dianthus (lower and taller species), Geum, Iris x barbata (I. x germanica =bearded Iris), Monarda bradburiana, Silene 'Rolly's Favorite'.

Meadow Sage (all cultivars) are very valuable perennial for sunny borders, with medium to drier or dry soils, due to it's tolerance to droughts, heat and air pollution are very important urban perennials and are often combined with grasses, Coreopsis, Echinacea, Perovskia, roses or daylilies.

Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. Versatile perennial, easily regenerates after being cut back. Backbone of many flower beds in public spaces or private gardens. Plants are deer and rabbit resistant.

Salvia nemorosa (or hybrids Salvia x sylvestris) comes form Europe, it is hardy in zones 4 to 8.

Pot size : square 3.5" x 5" deep pot

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