desertsage:
I would grow the S.apiana were you had success in the shade of the Palo Verde with the S. clevelandii. I am still experimenting with how to keep clevelandii alive in my
usda Zone 8 garden. We get 30" typically ,this year has been 11" so far.I am planting a Chilopsis linearis "Bubba"
then in goes some califorina Salvias in granite.I am hoping that will do the trick.
Art

Hybridsage, thanks I am glad you made sense of my ramblings. I forgot to say I was planting S.apiana starts. I know that Arizona full sun is not the same as normal full sun. All my sages seem to like the Palo Verde summer filtered light.

Hello desertsage,
If it were me I would plant it in the full sun garden. I am growing both plants here in Las Vegas at about 2200 ft elevation - even hotter I suspect than where you are. They are in full sun positions but on the east side of the house so eventually late in the afternoon they get some relief from the sun but not much.

It's funny what you said about the more dead look in the summer being normal. I so get that. Our clevlandii is spectacular every spring a six foot wide mass of purple and blue candelabras but by now the flowers are dried and the plant looks dormant. I used to dead head imediately but I've grown to love the look of the dried calxys(sp) The apiana I grew from seed and planted out just last spring right next to the clevlandii but it is fine although still small in its hot spot after a brutal summer that wiped out all the greggiis I had.

I think I'm going to have to add apiana to the short list of salvias that seem to like it here in the furnace.

Maria

Thanks, Maria my greggii did wonderful all season this summer. Do you amend your soil? I only deadhead after the seed is ripe. I have enough apiana to try in different spots, but would like to keep it close to the porch (house) for the aroma.

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