Salvia microphylla var. neurepia

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Price:  £4.50 Notify me when this item is available Family:  Lamiaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  Red Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Semi-Evergreen Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Dry, well drained Height:  45cm to 60cm (18" to 2') Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H4 minimum -5C to -10C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

A special form we have grown for many years with brilliant scarlet flowers, dark stems and small shiny leaves. Shrubby habit, for a well drained sheltered spot. More or less hardy. 60cm.

Although this is no longer a valid name we retain it for this plant as it is distinct from Salvia microphylla var. microphylla with smaller, more elegant leaves and flowers than the plants normally grown under that name.

We have had this since the mid 1980s, though the very cold winter of 2011-12 did kill it, we were lucky to be able to get it back!