Salvia 'Amistad' in the Salvias Database

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Wet Mesic Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 11
Plant Height:	3 - 4 feet
Plant Spread:	3 feet
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	Purple Other: Dark purple with nearly black calyx
Flower Time:	Late winter or early spring Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall Fall Late fall or early winter Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season. Spring - frost.
Uses:	Cut Flower Dried Flower Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds
Resistances:	Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds:	Other info: Sterile
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous:	Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP23,578; EU 35867
Awards and Recognitions:	RHS AGM

Common names

Salvia
Friendship Salvia
Friendship Sage

'Amistad' was a featured
Plant of the Day for September 7, 2015.

Photo Gallery

Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-10-12
First year in garden with full sun position this is a "Friendship

Uploaded by HamiltonSquare

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Date: 2015-10-04

Uploaded by hawkeyewx

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2019-09-06
The beautiful big flowers of Friendship Sage are great hummingbir

Uploaded by DebraZone9

Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-09-16

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-10-15

Uploaded by cliftoncat

Uploaded by Onewish1

Uploaded by Onewish1

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Date: 2018-06-23

Uploaded by hawkeyewx

Location: Southern Maine
Date: 1 June 2022
Beautiful!

Uploaded by Paintedtrillium

Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2016-04-16

Uploaded by dave

Uploaded by FBTS

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Uploaded by kosk0025

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-06-28

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2019-10-08
Praying mantis hanging out on my Friendship Sage. It has lived th

Uploaded by DebraZone9

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-05-20
Knockout royalty purple color of flower and calyx

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-05-20

Uploaded by Gerris2

Uploaded by jg0613

Uploaded by longk

Uploaded by Gerris2

Uploaded by vic

Location: Oceanside, California
Date: 2020-04-25
In my garden

Uploaded by carlysuko

Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-04-13

Uploaded by janwax

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-03

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-05

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-07-02

Uploaded by stilldew

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-13

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by mellielong

Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10

Uploaded by kniphofia

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Location: Rocklin, CA
Date: 2016-11-06
Salvia 'Amistad'

Uploaded by MunchkinsMom

Uploaded by janwax

Uploaded by Joy

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-09-15

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by Gerris2

Uploaded by SongofJoy

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2014-05-11
Rolando Uria of the University of Buenos Aries discovered this pl

Uploaded by beckygardener

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2014-05-11
In this photo you can see the leaves. Almost all branches have bl

Uploaded by beckygardener

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-06-29

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-08-20

Uploaded by kniphofia

Uploaded by mellielong

Uploaded by kniphofia

Uploaded by Gerris2

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by dave

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.

Uploaded by Joy

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by Gerris2

Location: western Oregon
Date: 2015-08-21
cuttings

Uploaded by duane456

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-24
With the sun shining through the flowers

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-12

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by KevinDigsIt

Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-04-25
Newly planted in the butterfly garden

Uploaded by mellielong

Uploaded by mellielong

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Uploaded by Joy

Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.

Uploaded by Joy

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-06-30

Uploaded by Marilyn

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2017-12-24

Uploaded by carlysuko

Uploaded by carlysuko

Uploaded by carlysuko

Uploaded by carlysuko

Uploaded by Gerris2

Uploaded by Joy

Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-05-20
Hummingbirds go wild over the flowers

Uploaded by Gerris2

This plant is tagged in:

Comments:

Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Mar 18, 2013 12:19 AM concerning plant:

Salvia 'Amistad' is a very new Salvia. Very large and long flowers. The flowers are purple and it is a hybrid. They look like the shape of Salvia 'Black and Blue'. This Salvia has generated a great deal of excitement in the Salvia world. It's a hummingbird magnet!

Rolando Uria of the University of Buenos Aries discovered this wonderful Salvia in 2005 at a plant show in Argentina and wanted to share it with everybody. Amistad is Spanish for friendship, hence the common name of Friendship Salvia.

Rolando Uria stated he didn't want this Salvia patented, intending for the plant to be freely distributed around the world and he gave a cutting to a grower in the US when the grower was in Argentina, but after the cutting came to the US, it unfortunately got into the hands of a US company that is going to have it patented.

4 replies

Plant Events from our members
SCButtercup	On May 6, 2018	Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
SCButtercup	On March 22, 2016	Plant emerged
SCButtercup	On October 5, 2014	Transplanted
duane456	From July 23, 2015 to August 14, 2015	Miscellaneous Event Started 4 cuttings by putting into small containers with miracle potting soil with lots of perlite added. Put under a plastic bin in the shade and misted every day. sometimes twice a day. All 4 have took. transplanted into a little larger container just recently.
MunchkinsMom	On March 15, 2017	Plant emerged Just tiny shoots
MunchkinsMom	On October 14, 2016	Deadheaded
MunchkinsMom	On August 19, 2016	Bloomed All three are starting to bloom. Breathtakingly beautiful color.
MunchkinsMom	On July 25, 2016	Transplanted Three Plants--1 in Pot in Big Planter Near Birch Tree with Groundcover Butterfly Bush and Angelica Gigas; 2 in Pot in Big Planter w/Hydrangea 'Harlequin'
MunchkinsMom	On June 16, 2016	Obtained plant Burpee - 3 plants $13.96 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" pots
aspenhill	On May 20, 2017	Obtained plant Green Spring Plant Sale (Richard F. Dufresne) - qty 1
taterpye	On August 11, 2020	Miscellaneous Event Bloomed all summer. 4 ft scraggly by end of summer perennial
taterpye	On April 8, 2020	Obtained plant Plant delights
Cobs	On October 9, 2020	Obtained plant Planted Poplar garden near Fuchsia

» Post your own event for this plant

Discussion Threads about this plant

Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
Savia 'Amistad' by Marilyn	Nov 11, 2016 5:10 AM	3
Wow! by Marilyn	Jan 28, 2017 6:22 PM	2

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Salvias Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Salvias (Salvia)

« Visit the Agastache and Salvias forum

« The Salvias Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Salvias Salvia 'Amistad'

Salvias

Salvia 'Amistad'