Salvia 'Fairy Queen'
Salvia fairy queen seeds - A beautiful bi-coloured salvia with lavender blue and white flowers. Bushy plant with long straight stems - perfect for cutting.
Salvia farinacea
Approx 20 Seeds
How to make these beauties grow
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Sow: Mid Spring. 6-8 weeks before the last frost.
How: Surface sow and lightly cover. Light required for germination. Warm temperatures required for germination 18-24°C, min temp. 18°C. Germination can be erratic, especially if a warm temp. is not maintained.
Space: 20cm
Height: 45- 60cm
Where: Full sun
Days to Maturity: 120 days
Pick: When ¾ of the flowers are open. Can be dried.
Annual
Notes From The Garden
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Quick flowering - 4 months from seed
Pinch to encourage a bushier plant if not growing for cut flower purposes.
Photo: Benary
Lets talk about them
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Easy to grow flower filler. Tall stems with delicate bicoloured flowers.
Really versatile can be used fresh or dried - a must grow.
I really dig salvia, its one of those enigmas between flower and foliage - sometimes its exactly what you need in a bouquet.