Name  Salvia nemerosa "Blue Hill" 
Hardiness Zone 5
Light Full sun to light shade
Height 18-20"
Bloom Time Spring-summer
Uses Groundcover, edging, massed.
Qualities Medium sky blue flowers with an upright growth habit.   Tough and long-flowering, dense and compact.  Likes well- drained soil.  May be trimmed for rebloom.  Butterfly magnet.
Name Salvia superba "East Friesland"
Hardiness Zone 4
Light Full sun to light shade
Height 18-24"
Bloom Time Spring-summer
Uses Groundcover, edging, massed.
Qualities Violet purple blooms in June and July.  May continue the bloom season by trimming it for rebloom.  Nice upright growth habit.  Butterfly magnet.
Name Salvia superba "May Night"
Hardiness Zone 4
Light Full sun
Height 18"
Bloom Time Spring-summer
Uses Groundcover, edging, massed.
Qualities First to bloom of all the Salvias, this one starts in May, and will continue through the season if you trim it for rebloom.  Dark violet-purple flowers with dense deep emerald green foliage.  Prostrate spreading habit.  1997 Perennial Plant of the Year.  Butterfly magnet.
 
Name Salvia x "Maraschino"
Hardiness Zone 7
Light Full sun
Height 24"
Bloom Time Summer
Uses Accent, specimen, middle of the border.
Qualities This nearly everblooming variety has scarlet flowers.  Butterfly and hummingbird magnet.  Not reliably hardy in our area.
 
Name  Salvia nemerosa "Blue Queen"
Hardiness  Zone 5
Light Full sun
Height 16"
Bloom Time Late May
Uses  
Qualities 16" tall with light blue flowers in late spring
 
Name  Salvia sclarea "Vatican White"
Hardiness  Zone 5
Light Full sun
Height 30"
Bloom Time Late May
Uses  
Qualities Native from Europe to central Asia, it is grown for the cosmetic and fragrance industry for its valuable sclareol resin.  In the kitchen, it can be used to flavor omelet's and stews.  Widely branched flower panicles to 30" hold flowering buds shaped like hops that eventually develop into brilliant white bracts.  The flowers open from June-July but the effect of the colorful bracts extend the season from May-Sept.  The whole plant is strongly aromatic and the large, grey-green, leathery leaves are attractive from spring- late fall.  Likes a place in full sun.  Deer Resistant
 
Name  Salvia nemerosa "Marcus"
Hardiness  Zone 4
Light Full sun
Height 10"
Bloom Time Late May
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