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salvia amistad

Ornamental Sages have long been a stalwart of cottage garden borders, and Salvia 'Amistad' is an exceptionally beautiful new variety

The Salvia 'Amistad' variation is a stunning addition to the Salvia family. This one is no exception. Ornamental sage has long been a staple of cottage garden borders. On top of a mound of luxuriant green foliage, magnificent, rich purple flowers are held on tall, near-black stems. It also works well in exotic planting schemes and wildlife gardens. This wonderful, robust perennial can bloom almost constantly from May to October with frequent deadheading, drawing a swarm of bees and butterflies

A stunning new variety of Sage Salvia 'Amistad' has rich, elegant, purple flowers atop tall near-black stems, with a mound of beautiful basal green foliage. Ornamental Sage is ideal for cottage garden borders and with a small amount of deadheading can bloom almost continuously from spring to autumn, making it a delightfully exotic looking hardy perennial which is guaranteed to brighten borders right through summer and beyond. Bees and butterflies love the nectar rich flowers making it just

The Salvia 'Amistad' variation is a stunning addition to the Salvia family. This one is no exception. Ornamental sage has long been a staple of cottage garden borders. On top of a mound of luxuriant green foliage, magnificent, rich purple flowers are held on tall, near-black stems. It also works well in exotic planting schemes and wildlife gardens. This wonderful, robust perennial can bloom almost constantly from May to October with frequent deadheading, drawing a swarm of bees and butterflies

Imagine this lovely new salvia in your garden, with exotic velvet trumpets standing out against dark purple stems - a truly stunning plant! 'Amistad' will flower its socks off for months, filling your border with dark spikes of flowers, set off against its green, furry leaves. The soft flowers are held on erect almost black spikes up to 1.2m, and cupped within an equally attractive black bract. The spires emerge from the base of leaves and erupt through your other plants, never obscuring them,