Salvia microphylla var. microphylla
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Salvia microphylla var. microphylla, Blackcurrant Sage
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Lovely raspberry coloured flowers with the distinctive lower lip. Oval, mid green, aromatic leaves which smell of blackcurrant when rubbed. Culinary; the flowers are edible. The leaves smell great but taste awful.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H4 (-5 to -10C)
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Height: up to 1.2m
• Spread: up to 1.2m
Blackcurrant Sage can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as herb plants.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun
• Soil type: Sand, Chalk, Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Bushy
• Flowering colour: Raspberry
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: Cuttings
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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