Salvia sclarea 'Turkestanica alba' setting bud, before bloom, in bloom
Betsy Clebsch in "The New Book of Salvias" calls the plant "... stately in structure" and "... is among our most arresting border plants." In my garden, this perennial salvia has been a friendly companion. When it is out of bloom it is low, rough-leaved, and evergreen. About May when it starts to grow--it becomes taller, the leaves get larger, and the bloom spike with white flowers begins developing. The plant could get to two feet. Early in June the bloom spike adds another foot or more. Perhaps two weeks later the flowers open and is in bloom for about two weeks.
I always have enjoyed this plant because it seems to thrive with little care. It self-sows here and there in a mannerly way. It has naturalized in central Europe. It requires some water, not much, through the summer and seems to do equally well in sun or part shade.
We are selling Salvia sclarea this coming Fall 2009 sale. Also, if you cannot wait, we can sell on any Friday afternoon when volunteers are propagating.
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