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Salvia x sylvestris 'Tanzerin'
(Wood Sage 'Tanzerin')

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 60cm
Width - 50cm

Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Aromatic mid to dark green leaves are oblong to ovate in shape and have scalloped margins. Small, violet-blue flowers with red calyces have a tubular 2-lipped shape and are held in dense, upright Racemes. The Blooms are produced, repeatedly (with deadheading), from early summer into mid-autumn. Attractive to bees and butterflies.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Small, intense violet-blue flowers have a tubular 2-lipped shape and red calyces. The blooms are held in dense, upright racemes and are produced from June into October (with deadheading).

Flower colour: Violet-blue

Flower shape: Tubular 2-lipped flowers in racemes

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

Foliage:

Aromatic, mid to dark green leaves are oblong to ovate in shape with Crenate margins and a wrinkled texture. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to oblong

Propagation:

Division.

Cultivation:

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