When planning a garden today, appearance is no longer the only consideration. Heatwaves, watering restrictions and declining insect populations demand a rethink. The ideal plant copes with dry conditions, flowers for months and also provides for bees, bumblebees and butterflies. Lavender is often seen as the first choice, but another fragrant perennial outperforms it in many respects.
The garden’s new star: why professionals choose sage
They are often easy to overlook on garden-centre shelves: small pots of sage, botanically known as Salvia. Many people immediately associate it with culinary herbs. However, landscape gardeners mainly choose ornamental varieties – perennial sage with especially abundant flowers.
“Perennial sage produces flowers for months, needs very little water and attracts more pollinators than lavender.”
Its upright flower spikes make it ideal for giving borders structure, edging paths or quickly brightening dull areas. At the same time, it fits perfectly into modern, wildlife-friendly planting schemes that require no chemicals and minimal maintenance.
A blaze of colour from spring to late summer
As soon as temperatures rise in spring, perennial sage gets going. Long flower spikes emerge from its dense foliage, depending on the variety in:
- deep royal blue
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