Salvia Verticillata - tall and airy?
Does anyone grow this and can you tell me about it’s growth habit and how long is the flowering season?
I am looking for a relaxed, open style of purple salvia spike thats more ‘see-through’ than the nemorosa types and more tall and airy than the shrubby salvias. Would this fit the bill?
I am looking for a relaxed, open style of purple salvia spike thats more ‘see-through’ than the nemorosa types and more tall and airy than the shrubby salvias. Would this fit the bill?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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It's certainly tall, mine get to between 5-7ft with deep purple flowers and dark stems. I've had them for 6-7 years. Most come back every year, but cuttings are very easy just in case
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Sorry, should have specified how tall I meant by tall! Verticillata is variously quoted as low as 45cm and as high as 75cm. The latter, or up to a metre, which it may well get to here, would be perfect and it looks quite open and airy which is the look I want so you can see heleniums behind. Its so difficult to know, though, without seeing it in the flesh or hearing from people who grow it.
Having had a good look through the salvias, Salvia Verticillata seems to be the airiest, with whorls of flowers up the stem, but the flowers look a bit of a muddy nondescript colour - but maybe that's just my screen.
I've got a mix of helenium, heliopsis, verbena bonariensis and stipa gigantea that works well.
There's such a huge range of salvias, I'm sure the right one is out there for you Nollie
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I am trying to restrict the number of different species in the border, as its already beginning to lack cohesion and I want to tie everything together more. Very Chelsea design speak! Verbena Bonariensis gets to 3m here, which is a tad on the tall side, but I am trialling some VB Lollipop this year in another part of the garden to see how tall that grows here.
Appreciate your input, cheers.