Ready to please the gardener, award-winner Sage 'Amethyst' (Salvia nemorosa) is a favorite of many for its unique, glowing purple stems and stunning spikes of rich, lavender-pink flowers, appearing in early summer and lasting throughout the summer. Raised by world-acclaimed designer Piet Oudolf, Salvia 'Amethyst' is considered the best pink flowered variety of Salvia.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
• This superb cultivar is really an interesting plant that makes an attractive accent in perennial borders, butterfly gardens, and cottage gardens. Combines beautifully with yellow Achillea (Yarrow), daylilies, or interspersed with roses. Very useful and adaptable in the garden, it is trouble-free and easy to grow.
• Reliable, this erect, bushy herbaceous perennial grows in round clumps of mid-green, aromatic wavy-edged leaves, up to 24 in. tall (60 cm) and 20 in. wide (50 cm).
• Enjoys full sun (light shade is tolerated) in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils. Sandy or gravelly soils with good drainage are preferred!
• Drought tolerant and deer resistant, it is a real magnet for butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees!
• Remove spent flower spikes to promote further blooms and cut back after flowering is over.