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Salvia splendens Lighthouse Purple Seeds - Scarlet Sage
Successful as a young plant but superb.
Brigitte M., 27/09/2017
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Salvia splendens Lighthouse Purple is one of the biggest hybrids of Scarlet Sage available on the horticultural market, but is also a variety that displays the most dazzling purple blooms. Seen from afar, its generous spikes held 60 cm above the ground, are tightly packed with many small flowers of a rich violet-purple hue that displays many nuances in the sunlight. This tall-standing variety becomes the star of sunny beds for the space of a whole season. This perennial plant is grown as an annual in our climates and also performs very well in a large pot in moist, light, well-drained soil.
Salvia splendens is a herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae, native to the hot, humid regions of Brazil at an altitude between 2000 and 3000 m above sea level. Sometimes it reaches up to 1.30 m in its native habitat but in our climates, it has much more modest proportions.
The Lighthouse Purple variety is a horticultural hybrid derived from this plant, that has recently won an award at Fleuroselect. It is characterized by its tall, bushy growth habit, its well-branched stems and its particularly developed spikes of flowers. This plant forms bushy clumps that measuring 60 to 80 cm high and 50 cm wide. The quadrangular stems are well-branched and erect. Their brilliant bluish green leaves are oval to lanceolate, toothed and cover the entire length of the stems. The floral spikes measuring 30 cm long and 12 cm in width, rise above the foliage from the beginning of summer to the end of autumn. The 5 cm long tubular flowers are violet-purple and are surrounded by dark purple bracts.
Scarlet sage is the undisputed queen of 'express' beds, which everyone has encountered at least once, on a detour around a neighbouring garden or in the flowerbeds of public gardens. The tall Lighthouse Purple variety with the elegant colour of its blooms, is easier to integrate into summer displays than its little sisters with their flashy red flowers. Used in moderation and planted in small groups that are spread out among other plants with complementary colours (the red in the scrambling rose Red Cascade, the orange of Daylilies, blue Delphinium and the silver in sagebrushes), it adds extra depth to flowerbeds, blooming even when summer perennials go dormant. It also performs very well in a large tub, where it can be used to decorate terraces and balconies.
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Sow in warm conditions, from March to May, at the surface of a good quality special seed starting mix. Make sure the soil is moist but not wet and seal in a polyethylene bag until germination which usually takes 15 days at 18-25 °C. Expose seedlings to light as it is beneficial for germination. Transplant when the seedlings are large enough to be handled, in 8 cm pots and allow them to grow in cooler conditions. Gradually acclimatize them to outdoor conditions for 10-15 days before planting out in the garden, after all risk of frost has passed. Space them 30 cm apart in a sunny spot in ordinary soil that his been raked to a fine tilth.
Scarlet sage loves the sun and requires a deep, well cultivated, fertile soil with reliable moisture. Taller varieties require staking.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.