Salvia argentea
(Silver Sage)

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Biennial, perennial
Origin - Mediterranean
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 60cm
Width - 60cm
Location - The White Garden

Description: A Biennial or short-lived Perennial with a clump-forming habit. Large, woolly silver leaves are ovate to oblong in shape and have coarsely toothed margins. The leaves are held in basal rosettes. Tubular 2-lipped flowers open pale blush pink and fade to white with age. The Blooms are held in panicles and produced from mid to late summer. Salvia argentea is often grown for the attractive foliage and less for the flowers.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Additional common names - Silvery Clary, Silver-leaved Sage

Flower:

Tubular, 2-lipped flowers are a very pale shade of blush pink and fade to white with age. The flowers are held in panicles and produced in July and August.

Flower colour: Pink, white

Flower shape: Tubular 2-lipped flowers in panicles

Flowering time: July, August

Foliage:

Large, woolly silver leaves are ovate to oblong in shape and have Dentate margins. The leaves can reach to 20cm in length and are held in basal rosettes.

Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen

Foliage Shape: Ovate to oblong

Propagation:

Seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, well drained soil. Protect from slugs and snails.