Steve:
Nice cuttings, If I get seed next year I will let you try some.We have been over 100 degrees for 59 day's and counting so I don't think my greggii's are going to produce good seed this year we have only recieved 10" of rain all year.I will keep you updated.
Art

Thanks Art

Greggii plants are hard to come by around here. Then its late in the season when nurseries have them available. Wow I cant Imagine that kind of sustained heat.

Hi Steve,

If you are interested in S. Greggii seeds I have some that I can spare. I have them in pink, white and purple if you are interested. Just email me.

Sandra

I am starting to see flowers on some naturally crossed seedlings. The most interesting one is what appears to be a greggii/microphylla cross with red flowers roughly the size of greggii Big Pink and very black calyxes. While the flower size is similar but it lacks the super fat lower petal. Maybe it is a keeper?

Maybe it is a keeper?

With the deep black calyx, it is probably best used as a breeder. If you can get a form from it with the dark calyx and the broad flower, that might be a keeper.

A better front view of the rogue plant in question.

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It looks a bit like Furman's red or Cherry Chief, with intermediately wide foliage.

Steve
keep an eye on that one I have a unnamed cultivar here that
looks very similiar. It gets massive 4'wide x 5'wide.As a new plant the flowers get large as it becomes drier the flower shrinks. It should be interesting regardless have
fun.
Art

What should I do with these cuttings , should I or can I keep them in the garage for the winter. I dont think they have enough time to get established in the ground.

I have Pink Preference seed . They have proven to be amazingly drought hardy. I am in zone 8b so I can't attest to their cold hardiness. I have some new purple ones but they didn't have a name beyond "PURPLE". I haven't planted them out yet. Waiting for the fictional cool down . If you go to the fall Fort worth plant swap, I bet you will find hords of salvias.

I am trying Pink Preference for the first time this year - it is a beauty. Keep in mind that whatever results for your collected seeds will not be Pink Preference since that must be propagated from cuttings. Salvia greggii are pretty hardy up here in zone 7/6b. Last winter was a particulary hard one up here and many greggii died to the ground and were slow to recover.