Salvia argentea

sage

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: light, moderately fertile, moist but well-drained
• Flowering period: July to August
• Other features: silver-wooly folaige
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Primarily grown for its softly-hairy, silvery foliage, which forms impressive clumps, in its second year, it will also produce an upright branching flowerspike, bearing white to pink-flushed flowers. Magestic plants which are are mainly bi-ennial, or short-lived perennials, although they usually self-seed freely in good conditions. A classic for gravel or Mediterranean-style gardens.
  
  
• Garden care: Protect from excessive winter wet. To prolong flowering remove the flower spikes as soon they start to fade. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant in spring.
  
  

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