Growing these by seed for the first time. [On a heat mat] sown 3-11, germinated 3-13. I was glad to see they did not need a cold strat ...Read Moreperiod. out of 4 seeds, 4 germinated.
I live in the UK and bought the seeds of this plant when I visited Kew Gardens quite a few years ago. I forgot about the seeds and only p...Read Morelanted them last spring. The shoots and leaves emerged fairly quickly, growing steadily larger through the summer so that I had to repot them a number of times - I only have a small container garden which is completely pea-shingled, so all my plants need to be in pots. The salvias didn't flower last year so I assume they are biennial in this part of the world, although on one US site I notice they are described as flowering the same year. They are now in flower, doing extremely well, still in their pots, and have grown to about 3 feet. They are thirsty plants, but that could be because they are contained. Has anyone else attempted growing them as part of a container garden? Incidentally, I have always aimed for the English cottage garden effect wherever I have lived; ironically the only garden I have ever achieved this effect with is the present, no-soil one! When looking out from my kitchen window, I can't see the containers, just a lush conglomeration of hydrangea, nandina, hosta, lavender, rosemary, lobelia, echinacea, crocosmia, cistus and the lovely salvia sclarea turkestanica alba! If anyone out there has had success in maintaining these lovely plants in containers for more than one year, I would love to hear your method. I will have a go at over-wintering them, but I also plan to harvest the seeds this year in case I can't keep the plants going in their pots for a second year.
This appeared in my garden last year--presumably from a mistaken order of what I expected to be a red salvia. All I see on my order form ...Read Morefrom Select Seeds (a company I do NOT recommend) is "clary sage." It's huge and a bit weird looking--my husband said it looks like something that might grow big enough to eat us. But in the right place, it'll be dramatic. I'm going to save seed and plant as a border plant next year. Apparently biennial, not perennial as stated here.
The flowers are white and the floral bracts are white tinged with pink. Cut back when flowers fade so as to encourage perennial vigor....Read More />
Unlike some other Clary sage this does NOT have a bad aroma.
Growing these by seed for the first time. [On a heat mat] sown 3-11, germinated 3-13. I was glad to see they did not need a cold strat ...Read More
I live in the UK and bought the seeds of this plant when I visited Kew Gardens quite a few years ago. I forgot about the seeds and only p...Read More
This appeared in my garden last year--presumably from a mistaken order of what I expected to be a red salvia. All I see on my order form ...Read More
Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica alba has white bracts, compared to S. sclarea var turkestanica which has pink/purple bracts.
The flowers are white and the floral bracts are white tinged with pink. Cut back when flowers fade so as to encourage perennial vigor....Read More