A chance seedling which I found growing in our double flower borders near Salvia x superba ‘Tanzarin’ and S. nemorosa ‘Ostfriesland’ and I can only assume that it is a hybrid between those two. Tall and stiffly upright with markedly blackish stems and spikes of glowing dark violet purple flowers. We planted it in our dry garden three years ago and it has done very well. I named it after a wooded valley near my home village in England. 65cm x 50cm. Sun.