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Salvia flava x ?

Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)

11 years ago

I'm germinating out a few seeds of a hybrid Salvia I got in from Robin. It looks like I am getting 100% germination from 3 seeds as I did with S. indica. I'm excited to see what develops in these plants.

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robinmi_gw
11 years ago
Joseph,

Treat this like indica.

This is a real beauty, nobody knows for sure what it is! Seeds from Geoff Genge in New Zealand. Now he got these from Alaska!!!! Supposed to be a hybrid of flava x hians........I find this hard to believe!!! To my amateur eye, I see instantly that flava is involved......but hians??? No! Also S. bulleyana could be involved.

Salvia 'Gloomy', with odd brown flowers is obviously related.....worth growing for the beautiful lime-green foliage.

Again, will flower 2nd year from seed, not so fussy about drainage.

Robin.
Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
Original Author
11 years ago
The seedlings are developing nicely. All three seeds germinated, a total delight to see.
Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
Original Author
11 years ago
The seedlings are coming along now. Only 2 more months before last frost date.

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