A pleasant dark green leafed creeping evergreen with royal blue flowers.  If given plenty of space it will stay about half a metre high but if crowded could go up to 1m. Cacaliifolia will frost under -2C. Pruning: Stems can … Continue reading →

Not surprisingly from the Canary Islands! There are a few variations of purple flowering canariensis and also a white flowering form. The original form, which I don’t grow, had green calyces and not such a bright purple flower. A better … Continue reading →

This useful plant originates in Chiapo, a southern state of Mexico. One of the first of my introductions. It is a bit frost tender but will grow and flower well under the protection of evergreen trees. Once established it will … Continue reading →

Another Mexican from the desert so it has grey foliage. Possibly the lowest salvia, crawling about on the ground. It can make a nice little ground cover with small bright blue flowers in summer. Chionophylla  is frost and drought hardy … Continue reading →

This plant was named for the famous British salvia collector and author. Yeo is pronounced ‘yo’ as in Yeomen of the Guard! This is a good plant for colonising if you want to fill an area of about a metre … Continue reading →

This unusual salvia comes from Brazil. As is often the case with salvias,  the calyx is a similar colour to the flower, in this case, a reddish orange. The flowers are narrow and look knobbly at first glance.  This plant … Continue reading →

This shrub to 2m is a must for most gardens because of its large heads of purple blue flowers in the cooler months. It is somewhat open in growth so needs to be cut back a bit to bush it … Continue reading →

This salvia must become one of the basic salvias in a collection. It is fairly new this century but seems such an agreeable plant. My first one was in a fair bit of shade. The other one is in full … Continue reading →