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Salvia

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.

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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SAGE - CULINARY SAGE

SAGE - CULINARY SAGE

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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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. Striking rust-brown flowers emerge from soft yellow buds, which provide a contrast to the small aromatic grey-green leaves. This dense evergreen shrub clips well, suitable for a screen, hedge or feature in a fu...

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

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Salvia 'Bee's Bliss'

Salvia 'Bee's Bliss'

Adored by pollinators, this salvia is a low spreading hybrid between Californian Purple Sage, Salvia leucophylla and Creeping Sage (Salvia sonomensis), bringing together the best traits from each. ‘Bee’s Bliss’ forms a carpet of silver-grey leaves clothing layers of prostrate branches. Whorls of dusky grey buds persist after the slender soft mau...

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SALVIA CORRUGATA

SALVIA CORRUGATA

A dense habit combines with contrasting light coloured stems, rich green ‘corrugated’ textural leaves with bronze underside and deep electric-blue year-round flowers (that peak in winter) to make 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 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 dry-tolerant or gravel gardens, it copes well in tough cond...

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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. They peak in summer and autumn, especially ...

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VARIEGATED GOLDEN SAGE

VARIEGATED GOLDEN SAGE

A must for the herb garden because of its colour and flavour. Golden leaves with dark-green splashes provide contrast in the garden year round. Grow somewhere sunny and don't over water as the flavour is best when it is grown `hard'.

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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. Tolerant of dry conditions once established, this floriferous salvia is a garden highlight from October to December. Combines beautifully with catmint, lavender and other pastels in the...

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Not only are the flowers constructed from intensely magenta-purple velvet, the foliage is crinkled sage-grey on one side and cotton wool on the other. A garden winner with both excellent flower and foliage characteristics, this tough salvia performs for months in the garden.

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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. Aromatic light green foliage and prominent two-toned pale mauve-blue and white flowers on open upright stem...

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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 provides the perfect foil for these amazing near-black velvet flowers which are a talking point in any garden.

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A dramatic, tall-growing evergreen salvia from California with striking silvery-white foliage that emits a powerful sage fragrance when bruised.silvery-white foliage that emits a powerful sage fragrance when bruised. This is the ‘sage’ that is burnt to cleanse evil spirits in herbal lore. Impressive wands of white flowers with tiny mauve spots c...

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Member Exclusives

Waves of Blue cut flower collection

Waves of Blue cut flower collection

Produces nature's finest, enchanting shades of blues and whites. Freshly picked, gathered and hand arranged, these plants give a long-lasting, elegant floral arrangement that is sure to impress. Includes Delphinium Butterfly Mix, Blue Sea Holly, Salvia Blue Monday and False Queen Anne's Lace.

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CITRUS STARTER PACK

CITRUS STARTER PACK

If you’re thinking about growing your own citrus at home, this is the ultimate starter collection. We’ve combined five of our favourite varieties to help you create your own citrus grove, including one plant each of Orange ‘Lane’s Late’, Lemon ‘Prior Lisbon’, Lime ‘Tahitian’, Tangelo ‘Minneola’ and Mandarin ‘Imperial’. Once established, you’ll b...

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2 year membership + Garden Calendar and 2 Seed Packets

2 year membership + Garden Calendar and 2 Seed Packets

Membership: MNE2CA2

Join the club and receive an exclusive gift, valued at $30. A stunning calendar featuring key dates, a guide to which seeds to sow each month and plenty of space to add your own events. Plus two free packets of some popular seeds – Tomato 'Black Cherry' and Lettuce Heirloom Mix.

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