Can anyone tell me the name of the tall blue salvia used in Andy
Sturgeon's garden? They mentioned it once, but I couldn't take in the
name. It doesn't seem to have been mentioned since.
Ta

Pam in Bristol

On Fri, 28 May 2010 23:03:48 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

Can anyone tell me the name of the tall blue salvia used in Andy
Sturgeon's garden? They mentioned it once, but I couldn't take in the
name. It doesn't seem to have been mentioned since.

A Google to the Daily Telegraph feature about it shows it as

Salvia nemerosa "Caradonna".

They've even carefully provided a link to buy it through.

http://gardenshop.telegraph.co.uk/pl...ign=gardenshop

--
Paul C

Pam, 'Caradonna' has been 'doing the rounds' for a few years now and
is quite widely available so you should be able to track one down in a
local garden centre. It is possibly the best of the nemorosa
cultivars and from a grower's point of view it makes a good 'potful'
very easily. This means you can buy a very nice 3L plant for around a
fiver that will give a really good show this summer and get better
year after year.