May Night Salvia
Salvia nemerosa ‘May Night’ | Syn. Salvia sylvestris
Plant Details & Attributes
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Height at Maturity: 18″
Width at Maturity: 18-24″
Spacing: 18″ for mass planting; 36″ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Upright
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: Indigo Blue
Flower Size: 1″ packed on spikes
Flowering Period: Early Spring to Fall
Flower Type: Single, packed on spikes
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Damp to Moist But Well-Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5 (Moderately Acid to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit
Description
An award winning top performer, ‘May Night’ Salvia is a prolific bloomer with tall spikes indigo blue flowers that rise above compact mounds of soft grey-green foliage. The bloom begins in late spring or summer with and continues reblooming if deadheaded. An outstanding perennial with excellent cold and heat hardiness, vigor, and tolerance of amended clay soils. The butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators will thank you for planting this one!
Landscape & Garden Uses
May Night Salvia is ideal for growing in garden beds or large pots, planters and other containers of 12 inches or more in diameter. Plant near patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living spaces where the unusual flowers can be enjoyed from close up, and the hummingbirds feeding too! A fine addition to hummingbird gardens, butterfly gardens, perennial gardens, blue theme gardens and cottage gardens.
Growing Preferences
A super-hardy perennial in USDA Zones 4a-9b and very easy to grow, May Night Salvia prefers a moist but well-drained soil and full to mostly sun. Will not tolerate constantly soggy soils. Flowering will be heavier and plants more dense with more sun. Established plants are tolerant of dry periods when growing in the ground however will appreciate an occasional deep soaking when temperatures are high and weather is dry. Deadheading spent flowers encourages reblooming throughout the season.
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This May Night Salvia is blooming for the 3rd time since planting this spring. By deadheading the spent spikes it has repeated in blooms once again. I’m amazed. Since it is doing so grand it will need to be replanted to a more “show-off” area next springtime. Highly recommend this beauty.——————————————Thanks for the awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG





















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