Salvia farinacea Blue Saga
Salvia farinacea Blue Saga
Salvia farinacea Blue Saga
Salvia farinacea Blue Saga
Salvia farinacea Saga bleue
Mealy blue sage, Mealycup sage
Plug plants with healthy and well-developed seedlings.
Katrin, 09/06/2020
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Description
Salvia farinacea 'Blue Saga' is a brand-new variety of compact mealycup sage. It is easy to grow, vigorous, and heat-resistant. It has an endless flowering of striking blue blooms. In short, it is a perfect plant for summer compositions, both in the ground and in pots. Tender but extremely fast-growing, this sage should be cultivated as an annual. It is a very pretty companion for dwarf gauras, silvery-leaved wormwoods, and zinnias.
Salvia farinacea is a perennial plant native to Texas and Mexico. It belongs to the Lamiaceae family. Its low hardiness and rapid growth make it an excellent annual under most climates. Salvia farinacea 'Blue Saga' has a particularly compact, highly branched, and bushy habit, forming 30cm (12in) clumps in all directions. This vigorous little sage forms bouquets of sturdy stems, covered with dark green foliage, with slightly toothed lanceolate aromatic leaves, covered on the underside with a whitish down. From July to October, upright and dense spikes appear, covered with small white hairs and adorned with intensely blue-purple petals. Mealycup sages get their name from their stems covered with a light bloom.
Salvia farinacea 'Blue Saga' is perfect in flower pots. It will also be beautiful in a flower bed, planted alongside ground cover or miniature roses, marigolds, a sowing of common borage, or dwarf rudbeckias. It can also be planted with grasses, gauras, shrubby salvias with fuchsia flowers, and shrubby wormwoods. This plant also forms pretty borders along pathways. Plant it with snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum), which will carpet its base in a soft harmony of muted tones. Its very bushy habit is perfect for filling beautiful flower pots, in the company of pink calibrachoas or bacopas. Its flower spikes hold up well in a vase.
With over 900 species of annuals, perennials, and softwood shrubs distributed worldwide (except in very cold regions and the rainforest), the Salvia genus is the richest in the Lamiaceae family.
Our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners. Upon receipt, transplant and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being installed outdoors once the risk of frost has passed.
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Botanical data
Salvia
farinacea
Saga bleue
Lamiaceae
Mealy blue sage, Mealycup sage
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
They thrive in fertile, moist, well-drained, well-loosened soils, in full sun or partial shade. They are not very hardy and should be planted in the garden or in pots once the risk of frost has passed. However, they are heat-resistant plants when grown in moist soil.
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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).
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 zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
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:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
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.