Salvia Victoria Blue ('Vivisal') (PBR)
mealy cup sage
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' is a tender perennial more commonly grown as an annual that bears a striking resemblance to lavender, showcasing vibrant violet-blue flower spikes that rise above a foliage of narrow, fresh green leaves.
This compact and multi-branched cultivar blooms profusely from late spring to the first frosts. With its easy-to-grow nature and low maintenance, this seasonal stunner requires minimal deadheading and is a butterfly magnet. Also excellent for cut flower displays, and like other salvias, the plant is highly deer and rabbit resistant.
This compact and multi-branched cultivar blooms profusely from late spring to the first frosts. With its easy-to-grow nature and low maintenance, this seasonal stunner requires minimal deadheading and is a butterfly magnet. Also excellent for cut flower displays, and like other salvias, the plant is highly deer and rabbit resistant.
How to care for Salvia Victoria Blue ('Vivisal') (PBR):
Grow on under glass until all risk of frost has passed and they can then either be planted outside into a well-prepared bed, or used to fill decorative pots on the patio.
Pinching out the growing tips will encourage them to become bushier, and feeding with a high-potash fertiliser at regular intervals throughout the summer will promote even more flowerspikes to form.
Pinching out the growing tips will encourage them to become bushier, and feeding with a high-potash fertiliser at regular intervals throughout the summer will promote even more flowerspikes to form.
Flowering period:
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Eventual height:
0.5m
Eventual spread:
0.3m
Position:
Full sun
Rate of growth:
Average
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost
Hardiness:
Frost tender
9cm pot
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