Salvia Splendens "Mirage White" 17cmPot

🤍 Salvia ‘Mirage White’

Botanical Name: Salvia splendens ‘Mirage White’
Common Names: Scarlet Sage, White Salvia, Garden Sage

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📌 Product Description

Salvia ‘Mirage White’ is a vibrant bedding plant featuring pure white, tubular flowers that bloom abundantly above neat green foliage. Its upright, bushy habit makes it perfect for garden beds, borders, and containers, providing a crisp, clean contrast in mixed plantings.

This variety is heat-tolerant, long-flowering, and low-maintenance, adding elegance to South African gardens while attracting bees and butterflies.

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📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: approx. 40 – 60 cm
• Spread: approx. 30 – 50 cm
• Growth Habit: Upright, bushy
• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast

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🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun for maximum flowering
• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil enriched with compost
• Water:
  • Moderate watering; allow soil to dry slightly between watering
  • Avoid waterlogging
• Feeding: Apply a balanced flowering fertiliser every 3–4 weeks during active growth
• Maintenance:
  • Deadhead spent blooms to encourage continuous flowering
  • Light pruning maintains a compact shape

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🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Spring (August – October)
• Growing Season: Spring to late summer
• Flowering Season: Late spring through summer
• Climate Suitability: Ideal for temperate and subtropical regions
• Frost Tolerance: Light frost tolerant; protect young plants

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🌼 Additional Benefits

• Long flowering season with pure white blooms
• Attracts bees and butterflies
• Easy-care and low-maintenance
• Excellent for borders, mass planting, and containers

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🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Garden beds and borders
✔ Patio and balcony containers
✔ Pollinator-friendly gardens
✔ Mixed ornamental plantings