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Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage

Salvia 'Ballerina Pink'

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Fashionista Ballerina Pink Sage (Salvia 'Ballerina Pink') at Vandermeer Nursery

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage flowers

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage flowers

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Fashionista Ballerina Pink Sage (Salvia 'Ballerina Pink') at Vandermeer Nursery

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage in bloom

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage in bloom

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Height:  20 inches

Spacing:  16 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  7b

Group/Class:  Fashionista Collection

Brand:  Walters Gardens

Description:

An attractive compact variety with a dense, upright habit, producing fragrant spikes of soft pink flowers held by dark mauve pink calyxes; an excellent garden performer on the cutting edge of perennial fashion

Ornamental Features

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage has masses of beautiful racemes of fragrant pink tubular flowers with lavender overtones and fuchsia calyces rising above the foliage in early summer, which emerge from distinctive rose flower buds, and which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its tomentose narrow leaves remain green in colour throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage will grow to be about 16 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 16 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Fashionista® Ballerina Pink Sage is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden. Be aware that in our climate, this plant may be too tender to survive the winter if left outdoors in a container. Contact our experts for more information on how to protect it over the winter months.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Edging  Garden  Container 
Applications
Flowers  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features

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