Salvia greggii: The Complete Varieties and UK Growing Guide
salvia greggii UK — full guide from Middleton Nurseries, growing salvias since 1975.
Salvia discolor: The Black and Silver Salvia UK Growing Guide
salvia discolor UK — full guide from Middleton Nurseries, growing salvias since 1975.
Salvia ‘Nachtvlinder’: The Hardy Near-Black Salvia Growing Guide
Salvia Nachtvlinder UK — full guide from Middleton Nurseries, growing salvias since 1975.
Salvia involucrata: The Roseleaf Sage UK Growing Guide
salvia involucrata UK — full guide from Middleton Nurseries, growing salvias since 1975.
Salvia greggii ‘Lemon Light’: Growing Guide for UK Gardens
salvia greggii Lemon Light UK — full guide from Middleton Nurseries, growing salvias since 1975.
Salvia ‘Amistad’ UK: Growing Guide and Care Advice
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 […]
Salvia uliginosa UK: The Bog Sage Growing Guide
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 […]
Salvia patens UK: The Gentian Blue Salvia Growing Guide
Salvia patens UK produces the most vivid true blue of any salvia available for UK gardens — a genuine gentian blue that is genuinely rare in the plant world. Salvia patens UK requires a little more management than hardy nemorosa varieties, but the extraordinary colour makes it one of the most rewarding plants in the […]
Salvia jamensis UK: The Complete Variety Guide
Salvia jamensis UK is a naturally occurring hybrid between Salvia microphylla and Salvia greggii, first found growing wild in the Jameña canyon in Mexico. In UK gardens the salvia jamensis group is best known through the Lips series — Hot Lips, Pink Lips, Amethyst Lips and Cherry Lips — but there is far more to […]
Salvia guaranitica UK: Varieties, Care and Growing Guide
Salvia guaranitica UK is one of the most architecturally dramatic plants you can grow in a late-summer border — tall stems reaching 100–150cm, deep tubular flowers in blues and purples, and an exceptional flowering season from July right through to the first frosts. This late-season performance is what makes salvia guaranitica UK so valuable when […]
