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Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'
(Rosyleaf Sage 'Bethellii')

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - 1880
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H3
Height - 1.2m or more
Width - 1m

Description: A tender herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Aromatic, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to heart-shaped and have pointed tips. Vivid magenta-pink flowers have a tubular 2-lipped shape and are held in spike-like whorls. The Blooms are produced, continuously, from midsummer into late autumn and are attractive to bees and butterflies.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

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Flower:

Bright magenta-pink flowers have a tubular 2-lipped shape. The blooms are held in spike-like whorls and produced from July into November.

Flower colour: Pink

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 Cordate in shape and have long, pointed tips. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on tall, upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to cordate

Propagation:

Cuttings, division.

Cultivation:

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