Product Description
Salvia nemorosa 'Apex Blue' (10)ct Quarts
Salvia nemorosa 'Apex Blue' is a fantastic choice for adding a cool and calming blue hue to your garden. This cultivar, part of the Apex series, is admired for its compact growth, abundant blooms, and long-lasting color.
Here is a breakdown of its key features:
- Flower Color: Deep, vibrant blue flowers with violet undertones, held in dense, upright spikes.
- Bloom Time: Starts blooming in late spring and continues throughout the summer, often with repeat flowering.
- Height and Width: Maintains a compact and tidy form, reaching about 14-18 inches tall and 12 inches wide.
- Hardiness Zones: Thrives in zones 4-9, making it adaptable to various climates.
- Light Requirements: Needs full sun (at least 6 hours per day) for optimal growth and flowering.
- Water Needs: Prefers regular watering, especially during the first growing season. Once established, it becomes more drought-tolerant.
- Maintenance: Low-maintenance; deadheading spent flowers encourages more blooms and prevents self-seeding.
- Attracts: A magnet for pollinators like bees and butterflies.
- Deer Resistance: Generally, deer-resistant.
- Fragrance: The flowers and foliage have a light, pleasant fragrance.
Why 'Apex Blue' stands out:
- Compact Habit: Its well-behaved growth habit makes it perfect for smaller gardens, borders, and containers.
- Profuse Blooms: Produces an abundance of eye-catching blue flower spikes that create a stunning display.
- Long Bloom Period: Provides continuous color throughout the growing season.
- Easy Care: Requires minimal maintenance, making it a great choice for busy gardeners.
- Versatile Uses: Ideal for borders, mass plantings, rock gardens, containers, and cut flower arrangements.
Growing Tips:
- Soil: Plant in well-drained soil. Amend heavy clay soil with compost or other organic matter.
- Spacing: Space plants about 12-18 inches apart to ensure good air circulation.
- Fertilizing: A light application of balanced fertilizer in spring promotes healthy growth.
- Pruning: Deadhead spent flowers regularly to encourage reblooming. Cut back plants in late fall or early spring to maintain their shape.
If you are looking for a reliable and beautiful perennial with stunning blue flowers, Salvia nemorosa 'Apex Blue' is an excellent addition to your garden!
Ten (10) plants in quart containers per flat (or tray).
Other Details
The most important part of the plant is its root system. Healthy roots are the foundation of a healthy, vibrant plant. The type of plug container used is based on the specific needs of the plants. Perennials offered as bare root traditionally perform better when planted as bare root.Planted in a specialized mix, potted plants have well established root systems. Top growth stage will vary depending on the current life cycle and time of year when shipped. In Winter and early Spring dormant plants may be shipped. Dormant plants may be planted right away, even before the last frost date.
Most bare root varieties are field grown for at least one season, though Hemerocallis and Hosta are grown for two seasons. The bulk of the soil is removed during the harvesting process and the tops of most varieties are trimmed back to the crown. They are graded, packed in shredded aspen or sphagnum moss and stored in freezers until ready to be shipped.
See our Container Sizes and Bare Root Perennials pages for more information.
Plant information and care is provided in the Overview section, Plant Genus Page and general information is provided in the Planting Care & Guides. Additional questions can be asked on each Plant page.
Plant Spacing: Using the maximum mature spread or width of a plant to guide spacing, ensures space to grow to full size. To fill an area sooner, plant them closer together. Just remember, future thinning or transplanting may be needed.
Water: Keep a close eye on newly planted perennials, especially throughout the first growing year. Most early plant loss is due to too much or too little water!
