Salvia ‘Dark Night’

Description

If you’re hoping to make a dramatic contrast in the garden, Salvia ‘Dark Night’ is the perfect choice. Racemes of ultra violet, tubular flowers emerge from dark purple-tinged stems, perfectly complementing the sage green, deeply textured foliage. With a compact, bushy habit, this sturdy plant makes a striking feature plant for the middle or front of the border—plant it in groups or drifts for dense blocks of bold colour, or weave it amongst Agapanthus albiflora or other bright and airy plants like Gaura for an eye-catching juxtaposition of dark and light.

The pointed oval leaves are aromatic, which makes this a nice option for planting close to a seating area. Salvia nemorosa Bazuin® ‘Dark Night’ var. ‘Sabadate’, a form of woodland sage, will thrive best in a sunny spot with free-draining soil and copes well with periods of drought once established. It’s fully hardy and clump forming, which means that you can look forward to seeing more and more beautiful flowering stems from this perennial each year. For best results, deadhead regularly to encourage more to appear and keep your display looking intensely coloured throughout the summer months!