Perennial in Zone 8-10, grown as an annual. True blue flower spikes are abundant for weeks on bushy 3' plants. Grey-green foliage. Light aids germination. Start indoors in warm location (do not cover seed) 4–6 weeks before last frost, keep fairly dry for best foliage color, and transplant outdoors after danger of frost. ~900 seeds/g.
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| Variety | Product Type | Hybrid Status | Bloom Color | Lifecycle | Hardy to Zone | Maximum Hardiness Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Clary Sage Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | lavender | biennial | 5 | |
| Blue Bedder | seeds | open pollinated | blue | perennial grown as an annual | 8 | 10 |
| Lighthouse Red | seeds | open pollinated | red | annual | ||
| Tricolor Salvia | seeds | open pollinated | multi-colored | annual | ||
|
Blue Sage Organic |
bare-root plants | sky blue | perennial | 4 |
From the Latin salvere, ‘to heal.’ Wide-ranging genus with more than 900 species throughout the world. In the Northeast they range from tiny lawn weeds to showy ornamentals to culinary sage. Members of the mint family, most have square stems and blue or lavender flowers with prominent lips.
Likes full sun and dry conditions, requires good drainage.
Growing Salvia From Seed: In our climate, all should be started indoors.
All flower seeds are open-pollinated except where noted.
Days in parentheses after a variety indicate days to first bloom.
Almost all the flowers we list are open- pollinated and easy to save seed from. Some types cross readily, but who cares! Save the seeds, plant them, and be surprised.
These flowers are especially easy to save seed from: bachelor’s buttons, calendula, cerinthe, cosmos, love-in-a- mist (nigella), nasturtium, poppy, strawflower, sunflower, sweet pea and tithonia.
For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.
All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.
From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.