Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' (Lyre-leaf sage 'Purple Knockout')
Other names: Lyre-leaved sage 'Purple Knockout', Salvia lyrata 'Burgundy Bliss', Salvia lyrata 'Purple Vulcano', Salvia lyrata 'Purple Volcano'
'Purple Knockout' is a compact, herbaceous perennial, primarily grown for its colourful foliage, with a basal rosette of ovate leaves, burgundy when young, turning purple in summer, and red in autumn. Slender spikes, of small, two-lipped, violet flowers bloom in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' (Purple sage)
Other names: Salvia officinalis Purpurascens Group, Salvia officinalis 'Purpurea'
'Purpurascens' is an erect, dwarf semi-evergreen to evergreen subshrub with oblong to ovate, woolly, aromatic, grey-green leaves, purple when young, and branched, purple stems bearing whorled, terminal racemes of 2-lipped, purple-blue flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor' (Sage 'Tricolor')
Other names: Salvia officinalis 'Tricolour'
'Tricolor' is a mound-forming to spreading, evergreen subshrub bearing oblong, aromatic, grey-green leaves with wide, irregular, creamy-white margins, flushed purple when young, and terminal racemes of lilac-blue flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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