Synonym: 'May Night.' Drought-tolerant, long-blooming, and utterly breathtaking, this award-winning Salvia deserves a place in your finest sunny border or bed. Just 18 inches high, it is covered from early summer till fall (most heavily early in the season) with deep indigo-blue blooms, a color seldom found in nature and utterly enchanting in the perennial garden (just ask the butterflies!).The flowers arise all along tall, slender spikes above bright green foliage. Even a small planting is impressive, but this is a perennial you'll want big clumps and drifts of throughout the garden. The flowers are attention-getting even from a distance, and when massed they provide a bold contrast to all the bright whites, yellows, pinks, and reds of the summer garden.
Best of all, 'Mainacht' is easy to grow. It likes lots of moisture, but once established in your garden it's surprisingly drought-tolerant. Heat and cold don't bother it, and it puts up with a good deal of humidity, though it tends to prefer the cool nights of northern climates. Because 'Mainacht' is so compact, it won't flop in the heat as taller varieties do. Count on it to keep its color and shape all season!
Winner of the coveted Perennial Plant of the Year Award in 1997, 'Mainacht' is an extra-beautiful, super high-performing plant you shouldn't be without. Space plants about 18 inches apart in full sun and any well-drained garden soil.
