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 […]

Salvia microphylla: Varieties, Care and UK Growing Guide

TL;DR Salvia microphylla is the longest-flowering salvia you can grow in a UK garden — many varieties bloom from May to the first frosts Semi-hardy (RHS H3–H4) — survives mild UK winters in sheltered gardens, needs protection in colder areas Full sun and free-draining soil are essential; waterlogging is the main cause of losses Light […]

Salvia nemorosa Varieties: The Complete Guide

TL;DR Salvia nemorosa is the most reliably hardy salvia for UK gardens — fully frost-hardy, drought-tolerant, and loved by bees Varieties range from deep indigo to soft pink, and from 20cm compact forms to 90cm border plants ‘Caradonna’ remains the definitive all-rounder — near-black stems, violet-blue flowers, RHS Award of Garden Merit The Sensation series […]

Salvia guaranitica ‘Argentine Skies’ — Rare Sky-Blue, Exclusive to Middleton Nurseries

Salvia guaranitica ‘Argentine Skies’ is a rare, light-blue variety exclusive to Middleton Nurseries — a graceful, upright hardy salvia perfect for adding height and late-season colour to borders.

Salvia ‘Pink Velvet’ — 2026 Exclusive Introduction from Middleton Nurseries

Salvia ‘Pink Velvet’ is a brand-new 2026 variety bred by David Dyson, exclusive to Middleton Nurseries — soft pink flower spikes with a refined, elegant habit.

Salvia nemorosa ‘Dancing Dolphin’ — Middleton Nurseries Exclusive

Salvia nemorosa ‘Dancing Dolphin’ is a Middleton Nurseries exclusive — you won’t find this variety anywhere else in the UK. It’s a distinctive nemorosa selection with a delicate, arching flower spike that gives the plant an unusually graceful, animated quality compared to the more upright, rigid spikes of the standard nemorosa range. Like all Salvia […]