Love and Wishes Salvia

Love and Wishes Salvia (Salvia 'Love and Wishes') is a captivating, richly colored perennial salvia producing dramatic spikes of deep reddish-purple flowers with distinctively dark burgundy calyces that create an intense, jewel-toned depth and layered color complexity unlike any standard salvia variety. The rich, velvety color combination of deep reddish-purple blooms against dark burgundy calyces delivers a sophisticated, moody elegance that creates an unforgettable focal point in mixed perennial borders, cottage gardens, and container arrangements from late spring through fall — returning reliably year after year with increasing vigor and bloom production.

Grown from certified organic heritage stock, each plant arrives with a Professional Grade root system — dense, fibrous, and fully established for vigorous first-season performance. Love and Wishes thrives in full sun with well-drained soil and develops good drought tolerance once established, performing reliably across a wide range of conditions with minimal maintenance. Its rich, jewel-toned flower color, upright architectural habit, and long, generous bloom season make it an outstanding choice for mixed perennial borders, pollinator gardens, cutting gardens, and mixed container arrangements where deep, dramatic purple-red color and reliable, long-season perennial performance are the design priority throughout the growing season.

• Dramatic Deep Reddish-Purple & Dark Burgundy Blooms — Rich reddish-purple flowers with deeply dark burgundy calyces create an intense, jewel-toned color depth and layered complexity that delivers sophisticated, moody elegance unlike any standard salvia variety in the organic garden.
• Exceptionally Long Bloom Season — Produces dramatic jewel-toned flower spikes continuously from late spring through fall, delivering one of the longest and most reliably colorful bloom seasons of any perennial salvia cultivar available.
• Reliable Long-Lived Perennial — Returns reliably year after year with increasing vigor and bloom production, delivering outstanding long-term ornamental value and consistent deep-toned seasonal color in the organic perennial garden.
• Premier Hummingbird & Pollinator Salvia — Rich reddish-purple flower spikes are outstanding attractors for hummingbirds, bumblebees, native bees, and beneficial insects throughout the remarkably long bloom season from late spring through fall.
• Outstanding Cut Flower — Long, sturdy upright stems and dramatic jewel-toned flower spikes make Love and Wishes an exceptional fresh-cut flower, bringing rich, deep-toned color from the organic garden directly into sophisticated indoor floral arrangements.

These 4" healthy live plants thrive in full sun (6–8 hours daily) with well-drained soil and moderate moisture — water regularly until established, then reduce frequency as drought tolerance develops. Hardy in USDA zones 7–10, growing 18–24" tall with a spread of 18–24". Deep reddish-purple flower spikes with dark burgundy calyces bloom late spring through fall (May–October); deadhead spent spikes regularly to encourage continuous, vigorous reblooming and maintain a tidy, attractive upright form throughout the extended season.