This Salvia is one of the taller growing species making shrubby growth some 160cm tall by 140cm across. During late spring and summer and often on into the autumn large spikes of purple rose flowers are produced, Whilst it is shrubby in growth I treat it as a perennial and cut it down to near ground level in winter. It has proved itself to be both frost hardy and drought tolerant. It grows well in a hot sunny spot in the dry garden here at Lambley.