Salvia 'Serenade'
salvia
- Position: full sun
- Soil: light, moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist but well- drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June to August
- Flower colour: purple-blue
- Other features: attractive to butterflies and bees
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Spreading clumps of foliage are topped with slender spires of intense purple-blue flowers throughout the summer. Salvias are a cottage garden favourite, and the flowers are attractive to bees and other beneficial insects. This cultivar looks wonderful blended with silvers, rich pinks and plum tones. - Garden care: To prolong flowering remove the flower spikes as soon they start to fade. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant in spring.
- Eventual Height: 0.5m
- Eventual Spread: 0.3m