Description
Salvia nemorosa ‘Violet Queen’ is a strong, upright-flowering perennial that produces abundant spikes of violet-purple flowers from early summer onwards, and provides a great architectural and colourful presence in gardens and planting schemes, particularly when mass planted. Foliage comes up in spring as a tight cluster of basal growth. It looks especially good planted in drifts but specimen plants can also work, or dotted throughout a border. They are a plant that no one aspiring to put together a cottage garden should be without, but they look equally at home in more modern planting schemes thanks to their architectural structure. They are loved by all kinds of pollinating insects and will often be covered in bees at the height of summer.
These established, garden-ready plants have been grown at our nursery in Cornwall and are available in 2 litre containers. They will grow to an ultimate height of around 50cm (20 inches), with a similar spread.
Growing Advice
Salvia nemorosas prefer a sunny spot, but other than this they will grow happily in a range of soils (apart from the very heaviest and wettest). The key is to try to protect the young foliage as it emerges in spring from slugs and snails; we put a small cloche or cover over ours for a few weeks once they first emerge.
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