Salvia lanata
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Perennial (hardy)
- Exposure
- Full sun
- Frost limit
- −17.8 °C
Cultivation
Requires a very well-drained light sandy soil in a sunny position. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer.
Propagation
Seed - sow March/April in a greenhouse. Germination usually takes place within 2 weeks. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out in early summer. In areas where the plant is towards the limits of its hardiness, it is best to grow the plants on in a greenhouse for their first winter and plant them out in late spring of the following year. Cuttings of half-ripe wood succeed at almost any time in the growing season.
Edible uses
Stems are peeled and eaten.
Medicinal uses
The roots are used in the treatment of colds and coughs. The seed is emetic. A poultice of the leaves is used as a dressing for wounds and is also applied to itchy skin.
Habitat
Open slopes in drier areas, 1500 - 3000 metres.
Native range
E. Asia - Himalayas from Nepal to N.W. Pakistan.