Salvia – the People’s Choice winners at RHS Hyde Hall
The people have spoken - we asked visitors to RHS Garden Hyde Hall this summer to choose their favourite varieties of salvia in the trial. The results are in...
Bi-colours, compact habits and the ability to attract bees were characteristics praised by visitors to the trial in the Floral Fantasia area of RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Essex. Among four closely-contested runners up, S. greggii MIRAGE™ Rose Bicolour took second place, another compact choice whose pink and white bicolour blooms are as attractive to pollinators as they were to visitors to the display.
For the purposes of the RHS Trial judging, the plants were not deadheaded. “As we headed into September, the low-maintenance choices really came into their own,” says Mandy. “Gems such as MYSTIC SPIRES BLUE (‘Balsalmisp’) and MYSTIC SPIRES SKY BLUE both grew in popularity in the later part of the summer owing to their excellent staying power.”
The full results of the RHS Trial judging will be available soon. Next summer, Floral Fantasia, RHS Garden Hyde Hall will hold a sunflower trial and visitors will be able to vote for their favourite Helianthus cultivars.
