African Sage Mauve flowers
Explore this garden shrub directory, covering colour, use, shape, size of shrubs. A rockery or rock garden area is where you would like to plant this shrub. Select a site for a rockery that's as sunny as possible .... in the sun for at least half the day during winter. Bed in the preferable local rock to look more natural
African Sage
Salvia Africana
Mauve flowers
Summer & Autumn flowering shrub
A rockery or rock garden area is where you would like to plant this shrub. Select a site for a rockery that's as sunny as possible .... in the sun for at least half the day during winter. Bed in the preferable local rock to look more natural
Garden shrubs like this classed as an evergreen shrub. This means the shrub will keep its leaves (normally green) in winter season irrespective of the climate being hot, cold or mild. The most classic example of an evergreen is the fir tree
This shrub does not enjoy frost or freezing conditions. It may well survive the winter in protected areas of the garden However check with your local garden centre (center in US) first
When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 4 feet and spread over an area of about 5 feet
Acidic soil or soil with pH less than 7.0 is preferred for this shrub to thrive best. Peat can be used to correct soils which are not acidic
Reduce the overall size of this shrub to about 12 inches or 1 foot in winter. This will allow the shrub vigorous new growth when Spring arrives
Grow the shrub for beautiful flowers