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May Night Salvia

Salvia x sylvestris May Night 'Mainacht'

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May Night is the top signature Salvia, with famous deep blue/purple blooms. A big favorite. Perennial plant of the year in 1997. (Salvia nemorosa)

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Everybody loves this plant. In fact, Salvia May Night is one of the most popular perennials of all time, up there with Rudbeckia Goldsturm and Sedum Autumn Joy. No garden should be without this one.

Planting & Care

About Salvias: Salvias can be confusing. Everybody knows those fire-engine red spires we see in park plantings every summer. Well, they're the annuals. Were dealing here with perennials. And most perennial Salvias bloom blue or purple, and most are much larger plants than the little red annuals.

Growing with numerous dense flower spikes that come into full bloom in May or June, the cultivars of S. nemorosa (which is a combo of several European species that are winter hardy) have become the favored ones for perennial gardens. Some people call them Sage. Some just call them Salvias. But everyone who grows them loves them in the garden. Here are the best-known classic cultivars:

Sensation Rose is the rich red growing up to about two feet.
May Night is the very popular taller one with the signature deep purple Salvia color, to 3 feet.
Snow Hill is the rather short, but popular white, growing only to about 20 inches.

These famous Salvias , growing together or in single stands, are sure color every season in your perennial garden.

About warmer zones: Famous perennial guru Allan Armitage, who gardens in the south, warns that these Salvias may survive all the way to zone 9, but he says from Zone 8 south, they flop over terribly, making problems for the gardener, while further north they stand tall and straight. He heartily recommends them for gardeners  in colder zones.

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As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Early to late summer

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Attracts Birds
  • Mass Plantings
  • Easy To Grow
  • Cut Flowers
  • Dried Flowers
  • Fragrant
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Tolerates

  • Dry Sites
  • Salt

Awards

Award of Garden Merit.<br>1997 Perennial of the Year.

Additional information

Mature Height

18-24" tall

Mature Spread

12-18" wide

Soil Type

  • Well-Drained Soil
  • Loamy Soil
  • Sandy Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Dry

Planting Depth

The base of the stem(s) should be just at the soil surface after watering in

Planting Time

  • Fall

Flower Size

Showy spikes of tiny, tubular, two-lipped flowers (each to 1/2” long)

Plant Classification

Introduced Cultivar

Growing Zones

  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes
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Overall rating: 4.909091 / 5 from 11 reviews.

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"Very well packaged and healthy!"

— Casey (5/5)

Strong roots = healthy plants

"I was a little worried when I first saw the tray of plants- shipping was a little rough on them. When I planted them, I noticed how they had a lot of roots, even though the plant itself was in poor shape just from the shipping. As soon as they were transplanted, they took off and grew immediately. All plants survived! The before and after photos tell the story!"

— Big G. (5/5)

Worth the price

"Very satisfied with my purchase"

— Salvia (5/5)

I use these everywhere

"These are very hard to kill. I've only lost one, because I planted it in a spot that got too wet. I like these in pots and window boxes, near coneflower and irises, lavender and evergreens. If you deadhead in July, you will get a second helping in the fall, just when your mums and sedums are lighting up the garden."

— Bring B. (5/5)

looking good after replacement by company

"The first ones arrived looking rather sickly, so I took a photo, sent it to the company and asked if that was normal. They promptly replaced them at no charge!"

— Chris (5/5)

A slow-starter but healthy

"Using as an "anchor plant" in corner of a mixed (shrubs/perennials/ annuals) planting square off patio."

— Nancy O. (4/5)

Year 2 growth is huge!

"Year 1, my three may night meadow sage did quite fine. But year two was where the real magic was. I did have to move one of the three in spring (being shaded out by an explosive nepeta), so it's a little small and didn't flower this year, but I suspect next year it will experience much the same growth as its two sisters. Produces nice, dark purple flowers that attract all sorts of pollinators. Fairly low maintenance, and appears quite happy in my clay soil on a slope. In the autumn, it does need to be cut back, so as these salvia get larger this may become more of a hassle. Worth the upkeep!"

— Ivy G. (5/5)

I would but this product again

"A very lovely sage, keep it deadheaded and you'll have a long season of beautiful blooms"

— Bauxwood G. (5/5)

Love this plant

"Another beautiful plant/flower from American Meadows! May Night came well packaged, a nice size & ready to plant! The color of the flowers blew me away! Another all time favorite for me!"

— Chris (5/5)

Very healthy plants

"The plants arrived very healthy. The have rebloomed already this year. They seem to be heat tolerant and have fairly low water requirements. They also seem to be rabbit resistent, which is a big plus where I live."

— Hollyo (5/5)

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