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Salvias are popular due to their drought tolerance and long flowering period. We have a large range available, from low growing front-of-the-border varieties to taller shrubs.

The most beautiful of the culinary sages with excellent flavour and colour. New foliage has a purple colour before ageing to grey-green and the thickly felted leaves are as beautiful in the border as they are versatile in the kitchen. Use to flavour poultry, cheese and bean dishes. Performs well in poor soils. Combine with Silver Posy Thyme for ...

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SALVIA 'AFRICAN SKY'

SALVIA 'AFRICAN SKY'

A very tough salvia tolerant of full sun, shade, coastal conditions and light frost. Exceptionally drought tolerant and long flowering from spring through to autumn with each 10-15cm flower stem opening gradually from the base to the tip to extend blooms. Aromatic, light-green foliage and prominent two-toned pale mauve-blue and white flowers on ...

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SALVIA AFRICANA-LUTEA

SALVIA AFRICANA-LUTEA

Standard texts say that this salvia will flower from spring to the first frosts but ours at Heronswood seems to keep flowering all year. Attractive to bees and other pollinators with striking rust brown flowers emerging from soft yellow buds that provide a contrast to the small aromatic grey-green leaves. This dense, evergreen shrub clips well, ...

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SALVIA 'AMISTAD' PBR

SALVIA 'AMISTAD' PBR

Near-black flower bracts hold deep purple flowers in protruding spikes above mid-green foliage. Named the ‘Friendship Salvia’ (amistad means ‘friendship’ in Spanish) by its discoverer, Professor Rolando Uria of Argentina, this salvia stands out from the pack with its neat upright form and unique colour. A useful and easy garden plant that grows ...

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SALVIA 'ANTHONY PARKER'

SALVIA 'ANTHONY PARKER'

Deep purple-blue flower spikes to 10cm long are framed by beautifully textured slate green leaves. Flowering throughout autumn, this neat, mid sized shrub is the perfect green contrast to warm coloured autumn foliage. Add this member of the salvia family to your collection and you could have a salvia in bloom almost every day of the year!

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SALVIA 'AZTEC BLUE'

SALVIA 'AZTEC BLUE'

This low-growing salvia is the bluest of deep blues. Dainty trumpet-shaped flowers are held elegantly on upright dark burgundy stems. Foliage emerges in deep purple, maturing to olive-green with a bronze tinge, with best colouring in a full sun position. Perfect hardy plant for the front of a garden bed or for use as a contrasting, long-flowerin...

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Mass flowers of the softest sky-blue are the reward for even the laziest gardener. Flowering in full sun during summer and peaking in autumn. The heavenly blue flowers on erect, green flowering stems are held aloft linear grey-green foliage, providing a perfect landing for bees and beneficial insects. A herbaceous perennial that dies down over w...

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SALVIA CORRUGATA

SALVIA CORRUGATA

A dense habit, combined with the contrasting light coloured stems, rich green 'corrugated' textural leaves with bronze underside and deep, electric-blue, year-round flowers peaking in winter makes this evergreen salvia a perfect garden addition. Plant in full sun, though will tolerate light shade. Ideal for structure in the middle or back of the...

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SALVIA DISCOLOR

SALVIA DISCOLOR

First introduced to Australia in the 1800s, this unusual salvia is ideal for collectors. A striking combination, the silver-grey leaf and flower calyx provide the perfect foil for these amazing near-black flowers which...

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SALVIA LANCEOLATA

SALVIA LANCEOLATA

Another South African native salvia, this one flowers through the heat of summer with hooded flowers that emerge yellow, then fade off to a dusky-pink. A neat little evergreen shrub with compact grey leaves.

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An exceptionally tough salvia originating from South Africa. The dainty pale sky-blue flowers cover this compact shrub-like salvia from spring through to autumn. Small soft green leaves lend well to clipping for small hedges or features. The perfect candidate as a foreground planting in drought-tolerant or gravel gardens, it copes well in tough ...

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SALVIA 'MYSTIC SPIRES'

SALVIA 'MYSTIC SPIRES'

For years we grew ‘Indigo Spires’ but it was always hard to fit into a border as it was so large. ‘Mystic Spires’ is its shorter blue cousin with improved suitability to gardens and perennial borders. Thriving in the heat, this salvia is suitable for most Australian gardens.

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SALVIA SEMIATRATA

SALVIA SEMIATRATA

A slower growing, evergreen shrub-like salvia, ‘semiatrata’, meaning half darkened, refers to the darker shading along the corolla tube of its mauve-lavender flowers with contrasting magenta calyces. The colourful flowers, offset against small emerald green foliage, appear throughout the year in bursts, peaking in summer and autumn, especially i...

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Every herb garden needs sage and every cook appreciates the versatility of this essential, homegrown culinary herb. Use it in stuffings, to make sage butter or to add flavour to chicken dishes. It's a wonderful addition to any garden for its culinary qualities as well as its bee attracting abilities and drought tolerance.

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MEADOW SAGE 'BLUE HILLS'

MEADOW SAGE 'BLUE HILLS'

A compact variety of Meadow Sage, 'Blue Hills' produces low mounds of mauve-blue flowers, much adored by bees. Drought-tolerant once established, this floriferous salvia will reward you with flowers from mid-spring until mid-autumn.

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MEADOW SAGE 'ROSE WINE'

MEADOW SAGE 'ROSE WINE'

Rosenwein is German for `rose wine' and is the perfect description for this unusual coloured salvia. The claret-coloured buds open to reveal rosy-pink flowers. Drought-tolerant once established, this floriferous salvia is a garden highlight from October to December. Combines beautifully with catmint, lavender and other pastels in the flower border.

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SALVIA 'BEES BLISS'

SALVIA 'BEES BLISS'

A low and spreading hybrid between the Californian Purple Sage, Salvia leucophylla and Creeping Sage, Salvia sonomensis. The result is an intermediate hybrid with the best traits from each parent. 'Bee's ...

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SALVIA 'MARINE BLUE'

SALVIA 'MARINE BLUE'

The ultra-marine blue flowers sit comfortably above the bluey-grey leaves of this well behaved, compact summer peaking salvia. We've trialled it at Heronswood where it is the first salvia to start flowering, going right through the summer and into autumn. Perfect foreground plant for the grey border, or as a contrast to coloured foliage and flow...

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SALVIA 'PHYLLIS FANCY'

SALVIA 'PHYLLIS FANCY'

The 30cm-long flowers make a statement in the garden from summer through autumn. Grape-coloured bracts showcase the pale lavender-blue flowers and are surrounded by elegantly pointed sage-green leaves. Flowers up to 4 ...

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SALVIA 'VAN HOUTTEI'

SALVIA 'VAN HOUTTEI'

Bright wine-red flowers with burgundy calyces are held on 25cm spikes throughout autumn. Ideal for the back of the border to dramatise and complement rich autumn foliage. The lush mid-green foliage can be trimmed ...

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OLIVE GROVE COLLECTION

OLIVE GROVE COLLECTION

Start your own olive grove with this great value collection. Includes two plants each of ‘Frantoio’ for Italian style olive oil, ‘Kalamata’ for the table and ‘Manzanillo’ for stuffing and pickling.

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2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

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Grow the best tasting vegies with free Carrot ‘St Valery', Broccoli ‘Romanesco', Beetroot ‘Bull’s Blood' and Silverbeet ‘Fordhook’ seeds (one packet of each, valued at $21).

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