Salvia ‘Amethyst’ brings structure, colour and movement to mixed borders, cottage gardens and prairie-style plantings. Its graceful flower spikes blend beautifully with Roses, Achilleas, Nepetas, Rudbeckias and Ornamental Grasses, while the soft purple flowers provide a calming contrast to brighter summer colours. The compact, upright habit makes it particularly useful in the middle of borders, where it adds vertical interest without overwhelming neighbouring plants.
Easy to grow and drought tolerant once established, Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’ thrives in full sun and well-drained soil. It performs particularly well in warm, open positions and requires very little maintenance beyond occasional deadheading to prolong flowering. The aromatic foliage is also generally unappealing to rabbits and deer, making it a dependable choice in many garden settings.
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As a rough guide when planting Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’ in borders, allow 7-9 plants per square metre for good coverage, or plant in drifts to create ribbons of soft purple colour weaving through the garden.
How to grow Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’
Position: Full Sun
Foliage: Herbaceous Perennial
Soil and site: Moderately fertile, well-drained soil
Flowering time: June to September
Growth rate: Moderate
Ultimate height and spread: Height to 50cm, spread to approximately 40cm
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Deadhead flower spikes regularly to encourage repeat flowering and maintain a tidy appearance. After the first main flush of blooms, cut plants back by up to one-third to promote fresh growth and further flowers. Remove old stems in late winter or early spring before new growth emerges. Divide established clumps every 3-4 years to maintain vigour and flowering performance. Apply a light mulch of compost in spring to support healthy growth.
Potted orders are usually despatched within 3-5 working days and delivery is 1-2 days after we despatch. Pleached tree and tall plant deliveries are booked in for delivery at the earliest possible convenient date.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our subsidised delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 5-7 working days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £300 | £9 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £300 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £500 | £50 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £500 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £90 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| Mainland England and Wales only | Under £1800 | Please call us |
| Mainland England and Wales only | Over £1800 | Free |
| All other areas | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
For pleached tree orders we can often deliver smaller orders of £600 or more (£500 plus VAT) with a contribution towards delivery, so please do call our sales team on 01580 765 600 or take a look at our Delivery Information page.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants.
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page.
