Grouped as: Salvia

Kew : Salvia Red Arrows

An excellent all-rounder. Red Arrow produces lots of vivid red flowers set-off against deep green foliage and its excellent lateral branching habit makes it very effective in mass displays in beds, borders etc. Recommended also for window boxes, patio tubs, containers etc. Flowers summer. Height 28cm (11 in).

Salvia coccinea Hummingbird Mixed

A charming and unusual tri-colour blend of intriguing, tubular shaped flowers, on upright stems. Ideal for adding tiers of summer colour to borders or containers, as well as attracting many beneficial insects to your garden.

Salvia Duo

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Collection comprises one packet each of:

Salvia patens - a classic border plant, ideal for adding a cool blue drift to your planting schemes. The attractive, large blue hooded florets are borne on erect stems above toothed foliage.

Salvia patens Cambridge Blue - exquisite large pale blue, hooded flowers on erect stems. Superb in borders, greenhouse or conservatory, and in milder areas tubers can be left outside.

Salvia farinacea Fairy Queen

Unique breeding has brought us this very visually appealing Salvia. Bushy, compact plants bear multiple spikes of attractive blue and white bicoloured flowers on distinctive dark stems. Flowers all summer and continues through to October in borders or containers.

Height: 35-45cm (14-18in).

Salvia farinacea Seascape Mixed

A relaxing blend of three varieties of salvia with stunning flower spires in shades of blue with silver. These compact, branching and early flowering salvias will add a wonderful new dimension to bedding displays as they sway in the slightest breeze creating a truly tranquil border feature.

Salvia firinacea Strata

From uniform and compact plants rise silvery erect stems bearing many silver-green calyx, from which a firework of small clear blue flowers emerge. Height: 35-45cm (14-18in).

Salvia firinacea Victoria

Tall, handsome spiky plants which add a touch of elegance to a bed or border. The flower spikes are produced over a long period and are excellent for cutting. A Fleuroselect Bronze Medal Winner. Flowers summer/autumn. Height 18in.

Salvia horminium Claryssa Mixed

Dwarf, compact habit and broader, bright mixed colour blooms (bracts). Superb for cutting and dried as an everlasting flower. Easy to grow - direct sow into borders where they are to flower.

Salvia horminium Marble Arch Mixed

Producing a robust floral display of rose-pink, deep blue and white, this easy-to grow salvia mix is a colourful annual border plant which is ideal for direct sowing into beds. The uniform height, weather tolerance and brilliant colours (all flowering simultaneously) of Salvia Marble Arch Mixed make it a 'must' for any garden.

Although classified as an annual, the plants will go to seed if left and will flower the following year.

Salvia lyrata Purple Volcano

Stunning mounds of deep purple foliage from which erupt deep purple stems, bursting with delicate white flowers. Perfect for adding colour contrast to borders and containers. Height: 25-30cm (10-12 inches).

Salvia patens

A classic border plant, ideal for adding a cool blue drift to your planting schemes. The attractive, large blue hooded florets are borne on erect stems above toothed foliage. First year flowering, blooms throughout the summer into autumn.

Height: 45-60cm (18-24in).

Salvia patens Cambridge Blue

An outstanding plant, which is a variant to the Mexican species. Exquisite large pale blue, hooded flowers on erect stems. Superb in borders, greenhouse or conservatory, and in milder areas tubers can be left outside. Otherwise simply lift plants in the autumn and store similarly to Dahlia tubers until spring, when you can plant them outside again.

Height: 60-75cm (24-30 inches).

Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica

Scores of tall stems bearing many pink to white bracts and soft blue and white tiny flowers. Remaining spectacular, even in early autumn.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica alba

A really choice border plant! Quickly becoming established, the many, strong erect stems are topped with plumes of white and lime-green bracts, which have a maroon underside. A superb plant to give colour balance to the garden.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Salvia splendens Blaze of Fire

One of the most famous summer annual bedding plants, long flowering, early flowering, compact and neat. It is a frost tender annual. Ideal for bedding and edging. Other excellent sites are windowboxes and tubs. Flowers summer. Height 30cm (12in).

Salvia splendens Lighthouse

A tall, bushy, vigorous variety with excellent weather resistant and long lasting flowers.

Ideal planted as a vibrant annual hedging screen, or as a bright red beacon shining out from borders and containers.

Height: 60cm (24in).

Salvia splendens Red Arrows

An excellent all-rounder. Red Arrow produces lots of vivid red flowers set-off against deep green foliage and its excellent lateral branching habit makes it very effective in mass displays in beds, borders etc. Recommended also for window boxes, patio tubs, containers etc. Flowers summer. Height 28cm (11 in).

Salvia transylvanica

Effective blue border plant.