Salvia Queen Rose sage

LATIN NAME: SALVIA NEMOROSA

COMMON NAME: Queen Rose Sage

The Queen Rose sage candles the upright stems with the dense spikes of the bright, rose-pink flowers through the summer and into the autumn, the aromatic, grey-green leaves holding the soft tone, and the whole plant carrying the lively, long-flowering look of the garden sages. The flowers open from the bottom of the spike upward, each with the two-lipped, nectar-rich shape, and the bees and the hummingbirds find them fast. The bush keeps the neat, upright habit, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the light, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The garden salvias have a long, busy record in the ornamental-breeding research, and the rose-pink forms appear in the studies of the nectar production and the long flowering season. The research covers the seed biology and the way the plants stand the heat, while the horticulturists value the spikes that keep the colour from the summer into the autumn. The flowers that feed the pollinators keep the ecologists interested, and the breeders of the long-flowering salvias keep the forms in their programmes.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the sunny border, the Queen Rose sage keeps the garden alive through the warm months. The rose-pink spikes draw the bees, the butterflies and the hummingbirds, the grey-green leaves carry the clean, sage scent, and the plant takes the dry spells without the fuss. It grows well in the light, well-drained bed and flowers from the summer into the autumn. Bright, generous and long-flowering.

The Queen Rose sage seeds germinate readily in a fine, gritty mix kept warm and moist. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks, and they grow on fast with the aromatic leaves. Prick them out into the light, well-drained, sunny bed once they are big enough, and pinch the young tips for the bushy growth. The first rose-pink spikes come within the first summer, and the flowers keep coming through the warm months.

To grow the Queen Rose sage from seed, sow the small, brown seeds thinly into the shallow tray of fine, gritty mix, keep the tray in the warm, bright spot and mist gently. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks, and they grow on steadily. Plant the young plants in the sunny, well-drained ground, and the rose-pink spikes will candle the border through the summer.

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