Plant Name

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Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue'

Common Name

Blue Anise-Sage

Soil

Chalk or Sand. Multipurpose Compost for Containers.

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Summer Bedding Plant

Height x Spacing in feet

4 x 2

Foliage

Scented Dark Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

Slipper-shaped Fragrant Cobalt Blue in June-October

Bedding Plant Use

Screening

Pots and Troughs

 

Comment

Attractive to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deadhead to promote more blooms. Apply slow-release fertilser once in spring.

Photographs from Dan Whiting of Ball Colegrave Limited. Ball Colegrave Limited sell Summer Colour (Summer Bedding) only to nursery growers - like KinderGarden Plants Ltd. KinderGarden Plants Ltd only sell their grown plants to Garden Centres.