Wendy’s Wish Salvia
Location
Butterfly Garden
- Common Name: Wendy’s Wish Salvia (other common names: Salvia, Hybrid Sage, Ornamental Sage ‘Wendy’s Wish’)
- Scientific Name: Salvia x ‘Wendy’s Wish’
- Family Name: Lamiaceae
- Origin: Australia
- Height: 3’ – 4’
- Width: 1’ – 4’
- Growth: fast growing
- Zone: 9A – 11
- Light Needs: Full sun – Partial shade (flowering occurs best in full sun)
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Soil/PH/Texture: is not picky about its soil and does well in Florida’s sandy soils, mildly acidic – mildly alkaline (pH 6.1 – 7.8)
- Soil Moisture: average water needs, regularly but do not overwater and make sure your soil drains well.
- Drought Tolerance: moderate – suitable for xeriscaping
- Pests/Diseases: no serious pests
- Growing Conditions: low maintenance and easy to grow-to maintain a neat-looking landscape, lightly prune it during the flowering season. Salvias can develop woody lower stems with age; feel free to prune these.
- Characteristics: are herbaceous plants, usually with square stems and dark minty green heart shaped foliage. Produces flowers in spikes of magenta (pink/purple) and bloom late spring to early fall repeatedly.
- Propagation: by dividing the root ball, stem cuttings, or from seed.
- Wildlife: attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees
- Facts: hybridized by Smith in 2009 in Australia.
- Designer Considerations: mass plantings, borders, and even containers; they are especially well suited to cottage gardens. The colorful, slender, tubular blooms of these plants make great cut flowers and will last for several days in a vase indoors.
