Salvia farinacea 'Farina Bicolour Blue'
mealy cup sage
An upright perennial cultivated as a striking seasonal annual, boasting lance-shaped silvery green foliage with a downy reverse. This unique and unusual cultivar stands out with slender spikes of small, bicoloured flowers in mesmerising shades of blue and cream white throughout summer and autumn.
A bushy, aromatic plant, Salvia farinacea 'Farina Bicolour Blue' gracefully enhances borders or containers, becoming a magnet for pollinators over a long season. Embracing coastal conditions and thriving in lightly dappled shade, this cultivar is also deer-resistant, making it a versatile and captivating addition to pots and borders.
A bushy, aromatic plant, Salvia farinacea 'Farina Bicolour Blue' gracefully enhances borders or containers, becoming a magnet for pollinators over a long season. Embracing coastal conditions and thriving in lightly dappled shade, this cultivar is also deer-resistant, making it a versatile and captivating addition to pots and borders.
How to care for Salvia farinacea Farina Bicolour Blue:
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 the patio.
Pinching out the growing tips will encourage them to become bushier, and feeding with a high-potash fertiliser at regular intervals flowerspikes to encourage more to form.
Pinching out the growing tips will encourage them to become bushier, and feeding with a high-potash fertiliser at regular intervals flowerspikes to encourage more to form.
Flowering period:
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Eventual height:
0.5m
Eventual spread:
0.5m
Position:
Full sun
Rate of growth:
Average
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost
Hardiness:
Frost tender
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