Meadow Clary plug plant – Native Flowering Herb

A striking wildflower for your healing garden

Meadow Clary is a beautiful and eye-catching wildflower, loved for its tall stems and vibrant purple-blue flowers. Often found in meadows and grasslands, it brings strong colour and structure to the garden. Easy to grow and well suited to UK conditions, it is perfect for wildlife gardens, borders, and meadow-style planting.

Why choose The Healing Herb Garden Meadow Clary?

Our Meadow Clary plug plants are carefully grown and selected to establish quickly and thrive in UK gardens. Supplied in a strong 7cm pot, these healthy young plants are ready to plant into herb beds, borders, or natural planting areas.

Our plants are carefully grown and nurtured with patience and care, so they arrive healthy, well-rooted, and ready to settle into your garden.

Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) is a hardy perennial herb known for its upright growth and vivid purple-blue flower spikes. Flowering from late spring into summer, it provides a rich nectar source for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.

This traditional plant grows best in full sun and well-drained soil, making it ideal for meadow planting, borders, and wildlife-friendly gardens.

At The Healing Herb Garden we grow plants with gardeners, herbalists, and nature lovers in mind — helping you create a garden filled with beautiful, useful, and traditional herbs.

Meadow Clary – The Healing Herb Garden

Usually available: Spring – Autumn
Life cycle: Perennial
Height: 40 – 80 cm
Position: Full sun
Soil preference: Well-drained soil

Uses

Herbal
Meadow Clary has been included in traditional herb gardens and valued for its historical herbal use. Meadow Clary, also known as Meadow Sage, is a traditional herb with a long history of use. The name “clary” comes from “clear-eye,” reflecting its historical use in simple preparations. It has also been used in traditional practices such as gargles and as a flavouring in beers and wines.

The foliage has a light herbal scent and adds interest to sensory gardens.

Ground cover
Meadow Clary grows upright and works best planted among other herbs and wildflowers.

Physical characteristics

Height
40 – 80 cm tall

Foliage
Soft green leaves forming a basal rosette and upright stems.

Flowers
Tall spikes of vivid purple-blue flowers appearing from late spring through summer.

Perfect for herb gardens in the UK

Meadow Clary is a great choice if you are looking to grow native-style wildflowers or support pollinators in your garden. Its vibrant flowers and upright growth make it ideal for herb beds, borders, and meadow planting.

Growing plants like Meadow Clary helps support biodiversity while adding bold colour and structure to your garden.

Supplied as a healthy young plug plant in a 7cm pot, ready to establish and thrive in your Healing Herb Garden.