Salvia leucantha | Purple Velvet
One of our favourite salvia's, salvia leucantha also known as Mexican Bush Sage is prized for its luxurious velvety looking purple flower spikes, that stand proud of the lance-shaped leaves which are a lovely grey-green. This lovely plant is the recipient of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society.
Leucantha is easy to grow, thrives in full sun but will also tolerate a bit of partial shade and is happy in average garden soil. It is a standout plant for the garden border, or also will work well in a container with the added benefit of being an excellent flower for cutting and drying.
Plants are drought tolerant once established however plants do thrive more with regular moisture and a layer of mulch will help to retain moisture over the summer months.
Adored by butterflies it is a perfect choice for those wanting to attract more butterflies to their garden.
Plants require very minimal care other than deadheading and pinching out tips to keep the plant nice an bushy. Pruning is easy as you simply cut the old foliage to ground in early spring and the plant will shoot away again.
Perennial | Hardy
Height 1.2 - 1.8m x 1.2-1.8m Wide
Pot Size: 1 Litre
- Auckland City | $12 minimum
- Middle North Island | $15 minimum
- Rest of North Island | $16 minimum
- South Island | $25 minimum
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- All of our orders are dispatched using NZ Post which is a fully tracked service
- Our freight price is calculated by weight and volume based on pricing provided by NZ Post. For plant orders, you may wish to order the maximum number of plants that will fit in a box to make freight more cost-effective or perhaps share an order with a friend (e.g. In most cases up to 4 standard 1 Litre sized plants can fit in one of our smaller boxes and is the most cost-effective at the lowest shipping rate. However, areas such as Auckland or the Middle North Island may allow up to 12 standard 1 Litre sized plants before the next level shipping rate applied.)
- Plant orders will only be dispatched on Monday's and Tuesday's this will ensure that your order is not held in a depot over the weekend
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