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| I have a Salvia urica that has silver undersides to the leaves
does anyone know which form this is? Thanks Art |
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| Are you sure that it is a S. urica and not a hybrid? I have had 3 forms of S. urica, don't recall silver undersides, though. Robin. |
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- Posted by hybridsage Zone 8 Austin Tx (My Page) on Mon, May 30, 11 at 18:34
| Robin: It could be a hybrid. It was sold to me as S. urica but has not bloomed yet. The only other S. urica I have seen had green foliage similar to S.coccinea. There are several\ form I have not seen. One of these day's I will start posting pictures.The only form I have seen was the U.C. Berkely form Have not seen the the short form or J.L.Hutson form. I have a new camera waiting for better weather to try and get some pics to post. Art |
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| Two different forms growing here - none with a silver underside. The one we are increasing has light hairs underneath. Both were from seed, both claimed to be the "true" urica, and both had subtle differences between seedlings. I selected the strongest and nicest flowering of these for vegetative increase. If I can figure out how to post a picture, I will. Kermit |
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- Posted by riverrelaxn85 zone 9a-b (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 13:25
| Mine has silver/white undersides. I only have the one form so i dont have anything to compare it to. But, Robin you looked at it by the flowers and thought it was S. urica. I was unsure a while back. I got mine from cuttings at the Botanical gardens here at the university. I have pictures of the flowers if anyone wants to see. Its in flower now and will be for months to come. Just email me. Brent |
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- Posted by annette68 Australia Queensland (amorefleur@hotmail.com) on Tue, Jun 7, 11 at 1:38
| Email me some pics would love to look;) |
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| Salvia urica is a strange Salvia. Very beautiful. Freely self seeds, even if not hardy. There is a beautiful, compact form, 2 ft x 2 ft, which is a gem. But seeds from this revert to the very tall and slightly aggressive form. I suspect that this originated with dwarfing agents being used........common in Holland. But cuttings from this are just perfect. No silver undersides, more a lime-green. |
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| We are currently trialing this species as a flowering potted plant. I believe that with PGRs it will be short and compact enough to be a hit, but the untreated plants are starting to get pretty tall. The flowers do attract attention! Kermit |
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