Salvia 'Icing Sugar'
'Icing Sugar' is a bushy plant to 65cm tall, evergreen if not cut back by frost, with small, aromatic, ovate, mid to deep-green leaves. Terminal racemes of bicoloured pink and pale lilac flowers have purple calyces and are borne from summer to autumn
0.5-1 metres
0.5-1 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Grow in light, moderately fertile, well-drained soil. Needs a sheltered position but usually overwinters if given full sun and good drainage. Drought tolerant
Propagate by basal cuttings or softwood cuttings in spring or early summer or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer or autumn with bottom heat
Pruning group 9 in spring, deadhead to prolong flowering
May be susceptible to leafhoppers, slugs, snails and rosemary beetle
May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely), powdery mildews, verticillium wilt and foot and root rots