Gardens - Sage Advice

Step up your garden’s aesthetic by adding salvias to your planting ensemble

- Catherine De Villiers

Commonly known as sage, salvias are well-known for their medicinal and culinary attributes. But when a cultivar scoops up second place in the RHS Plant of the Year competition, you know you’re in esteemed company. Last year, Salvia ‘Crystal Blue’ made it known that these hardy perennials are as functional as they are good looking. We asked Great Comp Nursery in Kent, as well as local landscape designers and specialist growers, to share a few trade secrets on how to maximise their ornamental potential.

Colour on Cue

‘The genus boasts the truest blues and richest reds of any species of flowers,’ says plant grower Leoné Williams of Petal Faire Nursery. Used in borders or as statement container plants, their aromatic foliage and vibrant flowers will ensure pockets of colour throughout the year.