Salvia 'Twilight Serenade' (Salvia pratensis)
80 seeds $3.75
Salvia 'Twilight Serenade' is a bushy plant with many spikes of deep violet-blue flowers. It blooms in May and June, and it repeat blooms if deadheaded. It's a first-year flowering perennial .
Salvia 'Twilight Serenade' attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds . It makes a great cut flower . The wrinkled leaves are also interesting. It works well in the middle of the border with other early summer-blooming perennials. It makes a wonderful companion plant for Oriental poppies .
Salvia pratensis 'Twilight Serenade' (Ballet Series) was introduced by Jelitto Perennial Seeds in 2008. Also known as Meadow Clary Sage. Deer resistant . Hardy in zones 3-9.
Also see Salvia pratensis 'Rose Rhapsody' .
height 20" spacing 15"
Sowing Salvia 'Twilight Serenade' Seeds
Start salvia seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost date. Barely cover the seeds with soil. Full sun.