{"id":23588,"date":"2023-06-20T16:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=23506"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:34:57","slug":"a-warm-container-planting-display-using-salvia-royal-bumble","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/a-warm-container-planting-display-using-salvia-royal-bumble\/","title":{"rendered":"A warm container planting display using Salvia \u2018Royal Bumble\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Preston, head gardener of York Gate in Leeds, offers the designs up for this warm container display using salvia <\/p>

By Daisy Bowie-Sell\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 20 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Here I combine two quite beautiful but entirely different, red-flowered sages to show off this fascinating group of plants. From the rising presence of Salvia<\/a> confertiflora<\/em> to the shorter and prolific-flowering Salvia<\/em> \u2018Royal Bumble\u2019, the variety\u00a0 of habit and flower colour in this genus is vast, with many flowering for months on end. The soft, silvery foliage of Helichrysum petiolare<\/em> provides a canvas both to show off and to contrast with the dark stems and intense blooms above. If you\u2019re looking for more, don\u2019t miss my other planting container display using salvia.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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How to achieve the look<\/h2>\n

Container and composition<\/h3>\n

The architectural centrepiece, Salvia confertiflora<\/em>, makes quite the statement. An unusual species bearing impressive, upright, flowering stems, with furry, red flowers and calyx to match, along with large, corrugated leaves. In the understorey, the smaller but equally impressive Salvia<\/em> \u2018Royal Bumble\u2019 will produce intense red blooms all summer, starting in May and continuing to November. To tie the display together, the scrambling, silvery Helichrysum petiolare<\/em> entwines beautifully with the smaller salvia to cover the lower naked stems. The deep, rectangular stone trough is covered in interesting lichens<\/a> that will be prominent in early summer before being engulfed as the year progresses.<\/p>\n

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Care and cultivation<\/h3>\n

Salvias are very quick growing and produce a strong root system, so a regular feeding and watering schedule is necessary to maximise their potential. Compost<\/a> only has a finite amount of nutrients, so we feed all our pots. I use a liquid organic seaweed-based plant feed once a week.\u00a0 All my tender salvias are overwintered in\na greenhouse, keeping just a couple of stock plants of each species or cultivar to maximise the use of space. It is incredibly easy to take cuttings from salvias. I prefer doing this in early spring. Stock plants will flush with new growth early in the year under the warmth of the greenhouse and numerous soft-wood cuttings can\nbe taken from every plant.<\/p>\n

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Plants<\/h2>\n

Left: Salvia confertiflora<\/em> <\/strong>Tall, architectural species salvia from Brazil. Tender perennial. 1.2m. RHS H2.<\/p>\n

Right: Salvia<\/em> \u2018Royal Bumble\u2019<\/strong> A shrubby bush salvia with aromatic foliage and intense, red blooms.\u00a0 This Salvia microphylla<\/em> cultivar is one of the hardier New World salvias, often proving to be evergreen. 75cm. AGM. RHS H4.<\/p>\n

Below: Helichrysum petiolare<\/em><\/strong> Tender sub-shrub used as an annual. Grown for its soft, velvety, silver foliage. It has a prostrate habit that will climb and trail through other plants. 45cm. AGM. RHS H3, USDA 9a-11b.<\/p>\n

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