Salvia Horminum Mix

🔍 About Salvia Horminum Mix

• Type: Hardy annual

• Height: 18–24 inches (45–60 cm)

• Colors: Vibrant purple, pink, white, or blue bracts (modified leaves) above small flowers

• Use: Borders, containers, cut flowers, dried flowers

📅 1. When to Sow

• Indoors: Start seeds 6–8 weeks before last frost date

• Outdoors: Direct sow after last frost when soil warms

🌱 2. Sowing Indoors

• Containers: Seed trays or small pots with drainage

• Soil: Use well-draining seed-starting mix

• Depth: Sow seeds ¼ inch (6 mm) deep

• Water: Mist gently or bottom water to avoid displacing seeds

🌡️ 3. Germination Conditions

• Temperature: 65–70°F (18–21°C)

• Light: Not light-dependent for germination, but place in bright spot after sprouting

• Time: Germinates in 7–14 days

🌿 4. After Germination

• Remove humidity dome or plastic cover

• Keep in bright light or under grow lights

• Water when the top of the soil feels dry

• Thin or transplant seedlings when they have 2–3 true leaves

🌞 5. Transplanting Outdoors

• Timing: Transplant after the last frost, once plants are hardened off

• Location: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained soil, not too rich (too much fertility can reduce color intensity)

• Spacing: 10–12 inches (25–30 cm) apart

🌼 6. Direct Sowing Outdoors (Optional)

• After last frost: Sow into prepared soil

• Depth: ¼ inch deep

• Spacing: Thin to 10–12 inches apart once established

📌 Tips

• Deadhead spent bracts to encourage prolonged blooming.

• Bracts are the showiest part — flowers are small and less noticeable.

• Excellent for cut flower and dried arrangements.

• Attracts bees and butterflies.