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Echinops & Salvia plant combination

Echinops & Salvia plant combination

Echinops & Salvia plant combination

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Intense blue globes and rich purple flower spikes create a strong, architectural combination. Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' brings rounded flowerheads...

6 × plants | 3 of each

~~£71.94~~ £62.05 £10.34 each

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Plant description

Intense blue globes and rich purple flower spikes create a strong, architectural combination. Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' brings rounded flowerheads and a slightly wild, naturalistic quality, while Salvia 'Amistad' adds taller, elegant spires with dark stems and calyces that deepen the colour contrast.

Both are excellent plants for pollinators, with flowering extending well into the season when the salvia is regularly deadheaded. This pairing works particularly well in sunny summer borders, where the combination of strong silhouettes and cool colours can be repeated through a larger naturalistic planting scheme or incorporated into a wildlife-friendly garden.

What's included:

In this collection you will receive three of each of the following plants. They are all supplied in 9cm nursery pots:

Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue': Ever popular for their globes of blue flowers that attract hoards of insects, globe thistles bring a natural look to the garden. This handsome blue variety is ideal for the middle or back of a sunny, well-drained border. It makes a particularly good cut or dried flower. Grows to 90cm.
Salvia 'Amistad' (PBR): A stunning new cultivar, which if deadheaded regularly, will flower from late spring to mid-autumn. The larger than average flowers are a sublime shade of purple, and they are made all the more dramatic by their near-black calyces and supporting stems. Bees love it. Grows to 1.2m.

Flowering period

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun / light shade

Rate of growth

Average

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Borderline hardy (will need protection in winter in colder areas)

Planting tips:

Prepare the bed well by digging in lots of well-rotted or bagged compost before you plant.

Where possible, plant in odd numbers, and cluster them together to give impact. Multiples of 3 work really well set out in irregular triangles for an organic feel, while larger numbers can be planted in multiple clusters or drifts. In bigger gardens, try to repeat your clusters through the border to create a sense of rhythm and cohesion.

Also, when setting your plants out, check their eventual spread and make sure they’ve enough space to fill out. After planting, keep plants well watered for their first year, particularly during warmer weather, and feed them with a good, general purpose fertiliser through the growing season.

For more information, please see the individual plant webpages.

Please note:

The plants in this collection will die right back in autumn, then fresh new growth will appear again in spring.

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