Salvia in the photo is a charming beauty

A spectacular and unusual plant called salvia came to us from the warm countries of Southern Europe. The Salvia genus consists of more than seven hundred species, including both annual and perennial species. Most salvia species are herbaceous plants (salvia in the photo), however, subshrubs and shrubs are also found among them.

The most common species of this flower is Salvia whorled, which is highly decorative and quite cold-resistant (like many representatives of this genus, it blooms from mid-summer until the onset of the first frost). Red salvia has no less decorative value, which, as its name suggests, has bright scarlet showy flowers. The salvia in the photo is a typical representative of this species. Swamp salvia also looks impressive, having fairly large elongated leaves with carved edges and flowers painted in an intense blue-blue hue. The owner of the most vibrant colors, painted in shades of purple and pink or discreet white, is salvia meadow.

This plant can be grown without much difficulty in your garden or even on your balcony. At the end of winter, salvia seeds sow in lime-rich soil and sent to a warm, bright place. After about a week, the first shoots of the plant appear, which should be pruned after a month. Further care for salvia is in its watering and fertilizing, which should be carried out every two weeks until flowering begins.