Salvia nemorosa
Salvia nemorosa
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Salvia nemorosa is a very cold-hardy plant, able to tolerate temperatures down to around -25°c when fully dormant[1]. Salvia species generally grow best in a sunny position and a well-drained soil[2].
Propagation
Seed - sow early to mid spring in a greenhouse[1]. Germination usually takes place within 2 weeks. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out in early summer. In areas where the plant is towards the limits of its hardiness, it is best to grow the plants on in a greenhouse for their first winter and plant them out in late spring of the following year. Cuttings of half-ripe wood succeed at almost any time in the growing season[1]. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Salvia+nemorosa>
Pollinators
Bees, Butterflies, Humming birds
References
- [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
- [2]Swaziland Ferns and Fern Allies — Roux J.P. · SABONET; Pretoria. · 2003 · ISBN 1-919795-97-9 ↩︎Botanical descriptions of the ferns of Swaziland, sometimes including plant uses.
- [3]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
- [4]A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Geor — Bussmann R.W. et al · 2016 · http://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0110-2 ↩︎Basic information on the traditional uses of around 480 plant species.
- [5]CosIng — http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/ ↩︎CosIng is the European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients.