Salvia: types and varieties, growing from seeds

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With proper cultivation and care of salvia, this plant will delight you all summer on the site, and in winter – in the room. The fact is that up to 90 flowers ripen on one peduncle, gradually blooming, their flowering continues throughout the summer season. And even falling off, bright peduncles remain on the stem. And with the onset of cold weather, salvia can be transplanted into a pot , and it will continue to bloom brightly on your windowsill.

What do salvia flowers look like?

Here you can find a description of salvia flowers and learn about its cultivation:

Salvia, or sage , is a flower plant common in amateur gardens. At home in South America, this plant is a perennial , but in our country it is cultivated as an annual .

The bushes are inversely pyramidal in shape, densely leafy, compact. Each shoot ends with a large inflorescence.

Leaves with a strongly elongated apex, petiolate, opposite.

The root system is well developed. The taproot gives many lateral roots, from which a large number of very thin roots depart.

Inflorescence – brush.

The traditional color is red. The peduncle is densely pubescent with small red hairs, its length is up to 20 cm. From 30 to 90 flowers develop in the inflorescence.

See what salvia looks like in the photo below:

Gardeners appreciate this flowering plant for its bright red color of flowers and long flowering, they are used for flower beds, flower beds, balconies , window sills, garden vases and pot culture.

The best place to plant salvia in the ground

When planting salvia in the ground, it must be taken into account that it is a heat-loving, light-loving and moisture-loving plant. It is very sensitive to the smallest sub-zero temperatures and dies in light frosts. The best place to plant salvia is in open, sunny places. Very sensitive to lack of moisture.

The plant prefers loose nutrient soils, but not wet ones. Heavily fertilized with humus, the plants develop a rich vegetative mass with few flowers. Flowering occurs 100-120 days after sowing and continues until the first frost. Flowers bloom on the inflorescence gradually from the bottom up.

In the conditions of the southern region, seeds ripen on shoots of the first, second and partially third order. In 1 g there are up to 180 pieces. Germination is maintained from 2 to 5 years.

When growing salvia from seed, remember that it is a cross-pollinating plant.

It is pollinated by bees, bumblebees, flies, ants and other insects. A lot of seeds are tied. They ripen a month after the start of flowering. Since they are placed at the bottom of an open cup, the ripened seeds easily fall out of it to the ground, so they are collected in several steps as they are ready.

How to grow salvia flowers from seeds

How to grow salvia from seeds in the garden? Grow this flower through seedlings . Seed germination is unfriendly, so it is better to sow them in boxes and keep them under glass for the first time. Seedlings are planted in flower beds at the end of frost (we have – not earlier than May 10-15). She tolerates the transplant well. To obtain early flowering, sowing is done in February.

The optimum temperature for seed germination is +20…+25 °C. When creating the necessary conditions for planting and caring for salvia, seedlings appear after 7-10 days. For seedlings, seeds are recommended to be sown in early February, followed by picking. By the time the plants are planted in the ground (May), they are already in buds, because the flowering of the hybrid begins 12-13 weeks after sowing. The distance between plants in the flower bed is 20-35 cm.

A separate flower blooms for 2-3 days, but the inflorescences do not lose their decorative effect for a long time due to bright cups.

In autumn, before the onset of frost, salvia can be transplanted into pots with a clod of earth – and it will delight you with its abundant flowering in the room for a long time to come.

Types and varieties of salvia with a photo

Until recently, only two forms of brilliant salvia were known: tall – 80-90 cm and short – up to 50 cm. The latter was used for carpet flower beds and as a pot plant .

Low-growing salvia has several varieties that are distinguished by an accelerated development cycle (bloom 60-65 days after sowing):

“Fireball” – a compact bush, 35-40 cm wide, 40-50 cm high. The inflorescences are loose, bright red, their length is 17-20 cm.

“Vesuvius” – the shape and height of the bush is the same, but the leaves are large, 7-10 cm long, 6-9 cm wide. The inflorescences are smaller and denser, bloom in the first half of August.

“Zurich” – differs from the “Fireball” in the number of inflorescences on the main stem (up to 100), more powerful growth and late flowering.

Now there are varieties of salvia with purple flowers:

‘Rio’ is an annual plant 25-30 cm tall. Purple flowers and stem.

“Splendes pink”. One of the most popular plants. Light and moisture-loving. Blooms from June until frost. Annual plant 25-30 cm high. Violet flowers and stem.

“Parade”. On sale there were hybrid seeds of salvia sparkling, or brilliant – the variety “Parade”, which is a mixture of plants with different colors of flowers. This hybrid is characterized by very early flowering and plant uniformity.

As you can see in the photo, this variety of salvia is a compact bush 35 cm high and 38 cm wide:

Wide range of vibrant colors such as scarlet, hot pink, light pink, purple and white. The seeds of this hybrid are of very high quality. They are smaller than ordinary salvia, there are 270 of them in 1 g.

Another type of salvia – Horminum , which is also grown from seed through seedlings, has a completely original color, not like a traditional red plant.

Pay attention to the photo – salvia flowers of this species have bright multi-colored bracts (pink, blue, lilac, white).

Plants of this type of salvia are undersized (35-50 cm), good for decorating flower beds, flower beds and for cutting . They are also thermophilic, photophilous and moisture-loving, but, unlike other salvias, they are cold-resistant. Flowering is long, begins 70-100 days after germination.

So that your balcony or garden is buried in pink clouds from June until frost, be sure to find a place for Salvia Lavender. Her flowers resemble fluffy ponytails, and therefore she can become a highlight of the garden .

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