Salvia Bumbleberry

Salvia nemorosa 'Bumbleberry' PP31602
Mature Height: 10 to 12 inches
Mature Spread: 12 to 14 inches

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We have a passion for offering easy to grow plants with tons of color and character. This little saliva checks all of those boxes. With long blooming bright pink flowers that are held in place by dark maroon calyxes the two tone contrast creates a vibrant effect. Salvia is easy to grow, so expect great results with minimal input. When we saw this bold and different cultivar we grabbed it and can't wait to see it add amazing color and performance in your gardens. Growing to about 12 inches tall and wide, this saliva is on the small side, making it a great choice for adding swaths of colors to the front of a garden bed or anywhere that lower growing varieties are desired. Planted in mass it can be truly stunning offering a platform of color to pollinators when it is in bloom. Put it in a small container and spread it out on a porch for pops of delicious color. This plant is a workhorse, no doubt about it.

Photo Credit: Walter Gardens

Bloom Color:Pink with darker calyxes
Bloom Period:Late spring to early summer
Genus & Species:Salvia nemorosa 'Bumbleberry' PP31602
Mature Height:10 to 12 inches
Mature Spread:12 to 14 inches
Plant Spacing:10 to 14 inches
Planting Depth:At crown level (base of the plant)
Planting Time:Spring or early summer planting
Soil Type:Prefers soil with good drainage, drought tolerant
Sun Exposure:Full Sun
Zone:3 to 8

General care for any tree or shrub is easy, but like any living thing will require your attention. Please educate yourself and follow these simple rules.

Salvia Bumbleberry

Easy to grow in almost any climate, saliva is a tough drought resistant plant. During the bloom period it does benefit from additional water and will perform better if watered regularly from spring into mid-summer. Deadheading the plants will encourage new blooms to come on. You can cut them all the way back to the newest foliage at the base of the plant if they become leggy, if cut back the plants may also rebloom, but usually the flowers won't be as voluminous as the first bloom. This is a great plant for beginning gardeners.

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Melissa Gilbert

I ordered 3 plants. One arrived almost dead. Reached out and was told to send a photo.
I responded twice asking where to send the picture and no one ever responded to me.

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Jenny Leerskov
Yellow Salvia

Thanks for the fast shipping of this beautiful plant. Very well packaged, arrived in excellent condition. Will definitely patronize again!

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gregory whynott
Not so good arrival condition

First, I must say the price was great, but the condition the salvia arrived was terrible. The plants were to big for the boxes, the branches were folded over and broken.I trimmed them way down and will see if they will grow and bloom this year. It would have been better if they had been shipped before they were starting to bloom, would have fit the containers better.

Greg, thanks for the feedback. We take it seriously. If you wouldn't mind sharing photos of the plants when they arrived we'd appriciate seeing them. You can send them to our support@newblooms.com account. We do have a standard box size that we use for many of our squat/tough plants to keep shipping costs reasonable and the saliva stems do indeed often get taller the the box (esp. after April 1st) so we simply fold them down. Some will be OK and larger ones may snap. We find saliva is incredibly resistant to this kind of treatment, so TBH we usually don't think twice about it since they will bounce back with new blooms and growth when trimmed back or deadheaded. I suppose in the future we'll try and keep them cut back for our northern customers as the growing season wears on. Thanks. - Travis

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Janean Lonsdorf
Happy with these!

Nice specimens, packed well.

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Linda Cobb
Love the plants!

I took a leap and ordered plants from a place I hadn't heard of.The plants were as nice as if they had been sent by Wayside Garden or White Flower Farm!