Salvia buchananii Love and Wishes
Salvia buchananii Love and Wishes
Salvia buchananii Love and Wishes
Salvia buchananii Love and Wishes
Salvia buchananii Love and Wishes
Salvia x buchananii Love and Wishes
Buchanan's Sage
The plants arrived in good condition and were immediately repotted into containers on my balcony (early October). Two weeks later, I was delighted to see that they had already grown and even produced their first flowers! (Even though I wasn't expecting them until next spring).
Sophie, 22/10/2025
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Description
Salvia Love and Wishes is a new variety of semi-shrubby sage, with very long flowering garnet-red blooms on a beautiful and dense foliage. Its long tubular flowers, with a pleasant citrus scent, are gathered in light spikes on purple stems towering above a slightly aromatic foliage. This half-hardy perennial, grown as an annual, is heat tolerant and disease resistant; it is an excellent choice for sunny flower beds and containers. Grow in well-drained soil, not too dry, in a sunny or partially shaded position.
The 'Love and Wishes' sage is an Australian hybrid variety of uncertain origin, probably derived from different species and cultivars. Among its presumed ancestors are Salvia buchananii, Salvia splendens, and Salvia chiapensis, although some observers recognize traits of Salvia mexicana 'Lolly' or even the Guarani sage 'Purple Majesty'. This plant from the Lamiaceae family produces herbaceous, then slightly woody vegetation, and quickly forms a small bush that is on average 65 cm (25.6 in) tall and wide. It flowers for an exceptionally long time, from the end of June until November. These dazzling, deep garnet-red flowers, magenta-tinged, are scattered along slightly arched purple to violet stems, giving the plant a particularly colourful appearance. The elongated flowers emerge from fluted violet-purple calyxes. Measuring about 5 cm (2 in) in length, they only live for a day, covering the ground with their petals in the evening, ready to be replaced the next morning. The deciduous foliage is composed of dark green, triangular, slightly aromatic, tooth-edged leaves. This sage tolerates drought fairly well once established, but is more floriferous in moist soil.
This half-hardy shrubby sage (-7°C/19.4 °F) in well-drained soil) looks great with the summer-flowering blue blooms of the perennial geranium 'Rozanne', Agastaches and perennial flaxes. But combine it with autumn asters and it is truly fabulous: choose the undemanding ones such as Aster laevis, Aster turbinellus or Aster amellus. Use with gauras, tall sedums (Sedum 'Matrona'), shrubby potentillas and beautiful autumn foliage (Euonymus alatus 'Compactus', Nandina domestica 'Firepower') to create an elegant display. On the terrace, place it in a large pot, right next to Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron', black-leaved Heuchera 'Blackout' and lobelia 'Hot Royal Blue'; the contrast of colours and shapes will be fantastic!
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Salvia
x buchananii
Love and Wishes
Lamiaceae
Buchanan's Sage
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Easy to grow, the Love and Wishes shrubby Sage can be planted all year round, excluding frosty periods, preferably in spring in cold regions. It can withstand temperatures down to -7°C/19.4 °F in a well-drained soil, improved with gravel or coarse sand, in full sun and sheltered from the wind. Place it in a sunny location or partial shade in hot climates. It is a plant that thrives in a light, well-drained but moisture-retentive soil. It is also well-suited to dry soil, which is why it is better to forget to water it rather than overwater. At planting, you can apply a base fertilizer (blood, fish and bone). Apply a mulch as the cold weather approaches, or cover the plant with horticultural fleece. The flowers will benefit from summer watering. As for pruning, keep unsymmetrical stems lightly trimmed, and cut back to 20 cm (7.8in) from the ground after the last heavy spring frost (in March-April depending on the region). Remove faded flowers whenever possible.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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