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salvia argentea winter survival
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Posted by oldroser z5 (My Page) on Sun, May 4, 08 at 19:21
I planted 4 salvia argentea in 2005. All four survived the winter and flowered the next year. I cut them back. In 2007, three survived and flowered. I cut them back after they finished flowering. This spring I have two left.
Those furry silvery leaves are so attractive - now I have four more sittng out in the driveway waiting to get planted.
Note that these have all been planted on a sandy, dry bank. When I tried them in the regular garden bed, they didn't survive the first winter. |
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RE: salvia argentea winter survival
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Is it possible that a couple of flowers set seed?
S.argentea is a biennial by removing the flowers
it does not finish it's life cycle.Sometime's this
works,I have done the same thing only to have several
die while others live I just have to replace them.
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RE: salvia argentea winter survival
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| No, the survivors aren't seedlings (I wish!). The old plants sent up new growth from the base after they bloomed and that's what wintered over. I let them set seed in hopes they would self-sow -so far, not so good. |
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