Aromatic

Plants whose leaves release a scent when brushed against or crushed, from the warm resin of sage and rosemary to the citrus of lemon balm and the sharp tang of Mexican orange.

Common sage (Salvia officinalis) with soft silver-grey leaves.
Salvia

Common Sage

An evergreen culinary herb with soft, silver-grey aromatic leaves and spikes of violet-blue summer flowers loved by bees.

Salvia Royal Bumble
Salvia

Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’

A bushy evergreen sage with glossy, scented leaves and vivid red flowers on dark stems from late spring into autumn.

Salvia Salmon Dance
Salvia

Salvia ‘Salmon Dance’

A compact, bushy evergreen sage with slim spikes of coral-pink flowers in purple-red calyces from summer into autumn.

Salvia Strawberry Melba
Salvia

Salvia ‘Strawberry Melba’

A compact sage making a low mound of scented silvery-green leaves, with two-tone pink flowers from spring well into autumn.

Deep violet Salvia 'Amistad' flowers with near-black calyces on tall dark stems against a white pebble-dash wall
Salvia

Salvia ‘Amistad’

A tall salvia with deep purple flowers in near-black calyces over a long season, loved by bees and butterflies.

Salvia 'Pink Pong' with hot cerise-red flowers on dark purple-red stems and lime-green leaves
Salvia

Salvia ‘Pink Pong’

A hardy, shrubby, semi-evergreen sage with small aromatic leaves and deep raspberry-pink flowers from May right through to November, loved by bees.

Salvia Amethyst Lips
Salvia

Salvia Amethyst Lips

An evergreen sage with scented leaves and two-tone purple and white flowers that keep coming from early summer into autumn.

Salvia Belle de Loire flowers
Salvia

Salvia Belle de Loire

An upright sage with scented grey-green leaves and orange-and-yellow flowers that soften to salmon-pink and cream in autumn.

Salvia Blue Note
Salvia

Salvia Blue Note

A compact little sage with scented, softly downy leaves and bright royal blue flowers from summer right up until the frosts.

Salvia Cherry Lips
Salvia

Salvia Cherry Lips

A bushy, semi-evergreen sage with scented leaves and two-tone lipped flowers in white and purple-pink from summer into autumn.

Salvia Delice Gold and Wine flowers
Salvia

Salvia Delice Gold and Wine

A neat, semi-evergreen sage with dark green leaves and small deep pink and cream flowers all through spring and summer.

Red-and-white two-tone flowers of Salvia Hot Lips among green leaves
Salvia

Salvia Hot Lips

A popular aromatic, bushy sage with red-and-white flowers whose colouring changes through summer, blooming right up until the frosts.

Salvia Javier flowers
Salvia

Salvia Javier

A bushy sage with fragrant bright green leaves and purple flowers opening from almost black buds from late spring into autumn.

Salvia Joy
Salvia

Salvia Joy

A neat, bushy sage with scented leaves and eye-catching pale and dark pink flowers from late spring right into autumn.

Bright pink two-lipped flowers of Salvia Penny’s Smile on an upright stem with dark buds and green leaves
Salvia

Salvia Penny’s Smile

A tall, bushy sage with aromatic green leaves and big bright pink flowers that keep coming from late spring right into autumn.

Salvia Pink Amistad
Salvia

Salvia Pink Amistad

A tall sage with dark green leaves and large pink flowers all through summer and autumn, though it’s tender to frost.

Salvia Salvito Violet
Salvia

Salvia Salvito Violet

A neat, upright sage with scented leaves and tightly packed spikes of bright purple flowers through summer and into autumn.