Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'
(Whorled Clary 'Purple Rain')
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Raised by Piet Oudulf
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 75cm
Width - 50cm
Location - The East Border
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Attractive, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape with scalloped margins and a fine covering of hair. Small, violet-mauve, tubular flowers are densely held in whorled spikes. The Blooms are produced from early summer into early autumn and are attractive to bees and butterflies.
Additional common name - Lilac Sage 'Purple Rain'
Flower:
Small, violet-mauve, tubular flowers are held in whorled spikes on red tinged stems. The blooms are produced, repeatedly (with deadheading), from June into September.
Flower colour: Purple
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in whorled spikes
Flowering time: June, July, August, September
Foliage:
Aromatic, mid to dark green, hairy leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape and have Crenate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright, hairy stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to elliptic
Propagation:
Cuttings, division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.