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Salvia nemorosa? |
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| Synonym(s) |
Salvia sylvestris |
| Common name |
meadow sage |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-9) |
| Flowers |
blue (May-June) |
| Size |
2' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
This plant was labeled only as "Salvia - Meadow sage". It resembles cultivars such as 'Mainacht' and 'Blue queen' (listed as S. nemorosa, or sometimes S. verticillata or S. x superba). Lots of confusion, but no worries - we just like the plant, whatever it is. I especially love the about-to-bloom blue-black flowerstalks - I'd think they looked foreboding, if I didn't know about the pretty blue flowers that were soon to come.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, orchard nursery area Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| sabinski | Nov 12, 2005 | must be one of those lots of s. nemorosa or nemorosa-hybrids (s. x superba) it has obviously nothing to do with s. verticillata, its leaves being more roundish and rather hairy with vertcillate flowers. nice plant, anyway. |
| DrYRHead | Jun 03, 2006 | Is this the same Species as one I've seen listed Salvia nemerosa(May Night Meadow Sage)? I have some of them in my yards, and they look the same.
Yes - 'May Night' is just the anglicized version of the cultivar 'Mainacht', mentioned above. According to GRIN, Salvia nemorosa is an obsolete name for Salvia sylvestris. |
| Annette Wright | Aug 27, 2006 | Whatever the name nemorosa/sylvestris, it is a pretty salvia! |
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