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Salvia microphylla 'Pink Blush'

9x9 cm
€4,90
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Salvia microphylla 'Pink Blush'

Salvia microphylla 'Pink Blush'

€4,90
Organic
Sustainable
Locally grown
Salvia microphylla 'Pink Blush' is an evergreen shrub with a wonderfully long flowering season, producing lovely pink flowers over a bush of fragrant foliage. 
The leaves are small, dark green and very fragrant.
The flowers are fuchsia-pink and continuously flowering over the course of the summer.

Blooming from June right through to the first frosts, Salvia 'Pink Blush' does best in full sun, where flowering is most abundant and the foliage most fragrant.

Perfect for pots or open ground — just remember that sages hate excess water, so keep that soil well drained with gravel, sand or perlite!

Learn more about gardening with Salvias:
Flowering May, June, July, August, September, October
Exposure Full Sun
Frost Tolerance -10°C to -15°C
Size Outdoors
Soil Dry
Origin Arizona/New Mexico
€4,90
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🪴9x9 cm

🚂 Ships across EU
🌱 Grown in our nursery

☀️ Full sun
💧 Drought tolerant
🌸 Long flowering season
🌿 Fragrant foliage
🪴 Grows well in pots or in the ground
❄️ Hardy perennial
Size
Gardening Tips

✂️ Cut it back in spring (April/May) to allow the new growth to flourish and to give your bush a nice shape.
🌱 The soil must be free-draining above all else.
⚛️ When planting, enrich the soil with organic matter and a fertiliser rich in phosphorus and potassium. ( K + P) > this will give the Salvia everything she needs for a long long flowering period
☁️Can live in partial shade in our climate
The Botany

Salvia counts over 900 species so there are so many to choose from!

The microphylla species itself is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s.So what is labelled microphylla may actually be greggii and what is greggii may actually be lemmonii... and since they all hybridize together... it's a real special kind of party.Though I am not a botanist, the research I have done has led me to believe that this is, in fact, a Salvia microphylla or a Graham's sage (flowers arranged in whorls, late spring heavy blooming, leaves are ovate and smooth and smell of blackcurrants when crushed)Additionally, the plant is grown as a medicinal plant in central Mexico and used to make tea, and has been demonstrated to possess anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties.In Ecuador, fresh leaves, and flowers of Salvia microphylla are used to treat inflammation of the arms, feet, and rheumatism

As always, please do your research! Not all plants are good for everyone, and some can even be dangerous.

This group includes all the shrubby sages of the Salvia microphylla group (S. chamaedryoides, S. lycioides, S. greggii...). These are among the plants that have contributed most to the genus Salvia's popularity: minimal upkeep for near-uninterrupted flowering from spring through autumn.

For reasons related to slightly different growing methods, although also shrubby and hardy, this doesn't cover the Salvia officinalis group (S. lavandulifolia, S. 'Amparito', S. 'Mas de Lunes'...).
The Myth

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