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Salvia 'Indigo Spires'
(Sage 'Indigo Spires')

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Year of Introduction - 1979
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H3
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 75cm or more

Description: A tender, clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with an upright, branching habit. Aromatic, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to oval in shape and have finely toothed margins. Abundant indigo-blue flowers have a tubular 2-lipped shape and are held in spike-like whorls. The Blooms are produced, continuously, from midsummer into late autumn. Attractive to bees and butterflies and excellent for use as cut flowers.

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Flower:

Small, deep indigo blue flowers have a tubular 2-lipped shape. The blooms are held in spike-like whorls and produced over a long period from July into November, possibly longer in mild weather.

Flower colour: Blue

Flower shape: Tubular 2-lipped flowers in whorls

Flowering time: July, August, September, October, November

Foliage:

Aromatic, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to oval in shape and have serrate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on slender, upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to oval

Propagation:

Cuttings, division.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.