Salvia ‘Amistad’ UK: Growing Guide and Care Advice

Salvia 'Amistad' UK rich purple-violet flowers on tall stems in full summer bloom — Middleton Nurseries

Salvia Amistad UK is one of the most spectacular salvias you can grow — large rich purple flowers on vigorous plants reaching 120–150cm, flowering from late May to October. Despite being widely sold as a hardy perennial, Salvia ‘Amistad’ is tender in most UK gardens and needs overwintering from cuttings or under cover to perform […]

Best Salvias for a Summer Border UK: Colour and Planting Guide

Best salvias for a summer border UK — mixed salvia cottage garden border in full flower — Middleton Nurseries

Salvias for a summer border UK provide colour from May right through to the first frosts — no other plant family matches that season length across a range of heights, colours and hardiness levels. Planning a salvias summer border UK starts with understanding which groups flower when and how to layer them for continuous display. […]

Salvia uliginosa UK: The Bog Sage Growing Guide

Salvia uliginosa bog sage sky-blue flowers with visiting bumblebee in UK garden — Middleton Nurseries

Salvia uliginosa UK is the outlier in the salvia world — almost everything about growing salvias emphasises free-draining soil, but uliginosa actually tolerates, and in some conditions prefers, consistently moist ground. This makes salvia uliginosa UK genuinely valuable for the significant number of UK gardeners with heavy, moisture-retentive clay soils where most salvias would struggle […]

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