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All the salvias named above are perfect for one purpose or another in the garden. ‘Dates given for dowering are for the Chicago area.
Every salvia variety fits a purpose! Tall kinds can form a background for a border of lowergrowing flowers or flaunt their bright blooms in contrast with evergreens around the house.
Dwarf sorts may be massed in beds for accent or in borders to lead the eye wherever the gardener wishes.
If there’s a reason for extra early flowers, there are salvia varieties that bloom early. And there are many more colors available than the brilliant scarlet which gave salvias their common name of scarlet sage.
Bonfire and Splendens are tall growers, late bloomers. Splendens is the salvia species from which all of today’s varieties have been bred. Flowers of Bonfire are scarlet-red, those of Splenden rich scarlet. Both have extra-long stems for cutting.
Just as the varieties above close the salvia season, blooming past frost if in a protected place, so little Fireball, an extra-early flowering,
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