Salvia Limelight

Common Name:

Salvia 'Limelight' (Limelight Sage)

Description:

Salvia 'Limelight' is a spectacular, fast-growing perennial shrub renowned for its striking combination of vibrant lime-green calyces and rich violet-blue tubular flowers. This distinctive ornamental salvia creates an eye-catching display, with tall, upright flower spikes rising above lush, textured, deep green foliage. The brilliant lime-green calyces provide a dramatic contrast against the intense blue-purple blooms, creating a colourful feature that stands out in garden beds and borders. Flowering predominantly from late summer through autumn, Salvia 'Limelight' provides valuable late-season colour while attracting bees, butterflies and nectar-feeding birds. Growing approximately 1.4 m tall and 1.4 m wide, it develops a vigorous, bushy habit, making it ideal for cottage gardens, mixed perennial borders, informal hedging and feature plantings. Well suited to Melbourne's temperate climate, this attractive salvia thrives in full sun to part shade and prefers fertile, well-drained soil enriched with organic matter. It benefits from regular watering during establishment and extended dry periods, while a sheltered position helps protect its foliage from heavy frost. Pruning in spring, once the risk of severe frost has passed, encourages fresh, vigorous growth and maintains a dense, attractive shape. With its unusual colour combination, rapid growth and impressive floral display, Salvia 'Limelight' is an outstanding choice for adding height, texture and vibrant seasonal interest to Australian gardens.

Form:

- Shrub - Medium

Mature Size:

• Height: 1.4 m

• Width: 1.4 m

Aspect:

• Full Sun

• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Summer

• Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:

• Violet Blue

• Deep Blue Purple

• Lime Green Calyces

Key Attributes:

• Bee Attracting

• Bird Attracting

• Butterfly Attracting

• Fast Growing

• Long Flowering

• Low Maintenance

• Perennial

• Pollinator Friendly

• Suitable for Cottage Gardens

• Suitable for Cut Flowers

• Suitable for Hedging

• Suitable for Mass Planting

• Suitable for Pots

• Suitable for Sheltered Gardens

Toxicity:

Salvia 'Limelight' is generally considered to have low toxicity to humans, dogs and cats. However, it is not recommended for consumption, and ingestion of large quantities of plant material may cause mild gastrointestinal discomfort. This ornamental variety should not be confused with culinary sage.

Companion Plants:

• Agastache

• Aster

• Catmint (Nepeta)

• Dahlia

• Echinacea

• Gaura

• Lavender

• Penstemon

• Rudbeckia

• Salvia 'Amistad'

• Salvia 'Black and Blue'

• Verbena bonariensis

• Yarrow (Achillea)

  Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
  PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
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