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Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Marvel' - MEADOW SAGE 'BLUE MARVEL' (compact, large-flowered and long blooming)
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SAL-BLU-MAR
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Compact and blooming for very long season. The Marvel series offers the largest flowers of Meadow Sage hybrids! Flowers the whole season, if deadheaded.
Deep violet blue flowers, dark calyxes. Flowers arranged in wider and shorter spikes. Upright mounding habit.
Blooming Time: from spring to late summer or early fall, especially if deadheaded and occasionally watered deeply and fertilized a bit
Size: 14-16" tall and 12-14" wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: full sun, mostly sun. Average soils, moderately fertile to fertile, drained soils, drier soils. Adaptable. Grows fairly well in heavier soils and clay (avoid waterlogged soils). Drought, heat and air-pollution tolerant plant makes it great candidate for urban landscaping.
Moisture Needs: average (medium) to drier (medium-dry)
Origin: Meadow sage is usually hybrid, also mentioned as Salvia x sylvestris = hybrids of two European species - S. nemorosa and Salvia pratensis. This cultivar is patented underCPBR5343; EU PBR43712; PP27,018 and can't be propagated without permission. Bred by Darwin Perennials.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes (due to it's aromatic leaves)
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes/yes (including honeybees)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no (some sources say yes, but we can't confirm it yet)
Plant Combinations: universal plant that looks well in any sunny border, in private or public spaces, cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, low maintenance or no irrigation plantings. Combine with shorter to medium tall grasses and with perennials like shorter Amsonia, shorter Baptisia, Asclepias tuberosa or A. verticillata, Eryngium, Coreopsis, shorter cultivars of Echinacea, Gaillardia, Gaura, Geranium sanquineum cultivars, Perovskia, Rudbeckia, Nepeta, Sedum, roses or daylilies. Looks well with short groundcovering plants. Also goes well with plants with more moisture needs like tall phloxes (chose the shorter cultivars), hardy Geranium hybrids, Lilium or shorter cultivars of Eupatorium.
Pot size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright: Ball Horticultural Co
Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Marvel' - MEADOW SAGE 'BLUE MARVEL' (compact, large-flowered and long blooming)
$7.99
Compact and blooming for very long season. The Marvel series offers the largest flowers of Meadow Sage hybrids! Flowers the whole season, if deadheaded.
Deep violet blue flowers, dark calyxes. Flowers arranged in wider and shorter spikes. Upright mounding habit.
Blooming Time: from spring to late summer or early fall, especially if deadheaded and occasionally watered deeply and fertilized a bit
Size: 14-16" tall and 12-14" wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: full sun, mostly sun. Average soils, moderately fertile to fertile, drained soils, drier soils. Adaptable. Grows fairly well in heavier soils and clay (avoid waterlogged soils). Drought, heat and air-pollution tolerant plant makes it great candidate for urban landscaping.
Moisture Needs: average (medium) to drier (medium-dry)
Origin: Meadow sage is usually hybrid, also mentioned as Salvia x sylvestris = hybrids of two European species - S. nemorosa and Salvia pratensis. This cultivar is patented underCPBR5343; EU PBR43712; PP27,018 and can't be propagated without permission. Bred by Darwin Perennials.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes (due to it's aromatic leaves)
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes/yes (including honeybees)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no (some sources say yes, but we can't confirm it yet)
Plant Combinations: universal plant that looks well in any sunny border, in private or public spaces, cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, low maintenance or no irrigation plantings. Combine with shorter to medium tall grasses and with perennials like shorter Amsonia, shorter Baptisia, Asclepias tuberosa or A. verticillata, Eryngium, Coreopsis, shorter cultivars of Echinacea, Gaillardia, Gaura, Geranium sanquineum cultivars, Perovskia, Rudbeckia, Nepeta, Sedum, roses or daylilies. Looks well with short groundcovering plants. Also goes well with plants with more moisture needs like tall phloxes (chose the shorter cultivars), hardy Geranium hybrids, Lilium or shorter cultivars of Eupatorium.
Pot size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright: Ball Horticultural Co
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Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’
The 2 plants I received were small, but healthy and had a good root system. I will be excited to see them in Spring of 24 after they grow of the winter.