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What Salvias do you grow?

phoebe1969
19 years ago

I'm wondering which Salvias everyone is growing in their garden since we seem to be from so many different parts of the country but maybe the same zones. My curious nature I guess? I am very fond of my Greggiis and now the Microphyllas and hope to add more of the hardy and the not next year particularly in blue. Now if I could only afford a greenhouse :)

I have:

Greggiis - peach, navajo white,navajo purple, pastel purple and desert blaze.

Muelleri

Azurea pitcheri

Nipponica

Indigo Spires

Leucantha - santa barbara

Guaranitica - blk. & blue

Patens

Pachyphylla

Splendens - Sangria

Elegans - pineapple

O. Jefferson

Perovskia

Coccinea - wht. & coral

Officianalis - tri-color and golden

Microphylla - wild watermelon, Belize

Lemmonii - micro x wisilenzi

Chamaedryoides

Clevandii - Alan Chickering

Uliginosa

Sclarea

Argentea

Sinaloensis

Nemerosa's - May Night,E. Freisland,Rosenwein

Caradonna

Verticillata - alba & prpl. rain

Viridis - rose & blue

Farinacea - strata, sea breeze, rhea & victoria blue & wht.

I didn't realize I had this many spread about!

Comments (49)

  • helena_z8_ms
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I'm listing the salvias that are well established first and keep coming back each spring.

    Mexicana major
    mexicana limelight
    greggii
    microphylla
    coccinea red, coral nymph, white nymph
    guaranitica black and blue
    guaranitica purple majesty
    leucantha white & lavender, l.all purple
    madrensis
    Anthony Parker
    indigo spires
    iodantha
    involucrata
    chiapensis
    regla
    uliginosa
    Phyllis Fancy

    Trying these again and some too tender **:

    Argentina Skies
    Costa Rica
    el cielo blue
    blerarophylla diablo, and old form
    Belize**
    fulgens**
    elegans,pineapple
    mexicana Comptons Form
    van houttei burgundy**
    confertiflora**
    darcyi
    karwinskii X puberula
    rubiginosa
    scraba
    urica U C Berkeley
    doriciana**
    disjuncta**(?)
    koyamae

    I have started others from seeds and probably forgot one or more. I've also lost a few this year due to too much rain and a mole or something.

  • amazondoc
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Not all this year, but in various years --

    Greggii
    Indigo Spires
    Leucantha
    Guaranitica "Black and Blue"
    Elegans -- my favorite this year!
    Coccinea
    Officinalis "Tricolor", "Berggarten"
    Uliginosa
    Sclarea
    Argentea
    Nemerosa "May Night"

  • sarahbn
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    greggii
    microphylla
    lyrata
    azurea
    guaranitica
    splendens,van houtii
    costa rican
    madrensis
    melissodora
    darcy
    oppositiflora
    miniata
    chiapensis
    blepharophylla
    buchananii
    chamaedryoides
    coahuilensis
    involucrata
    patens
    elegans
    officinalis
    ugliosa
    urica
    coccinea

    Last year
    cacalifolia
    mexicana

    Sarah


  • CA Kate z9
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Salvia apiana
    Salvia azurea var. grandiflora
    Salvia blepharophylla
    Salvia buchananii
    Salvia chamaedryoides
    Salvia chiapensis
    Salvia clevelandii
    Salvia clevelandii Winifred GilmanÂ
    Salvia coccinea " Lady in Blue" ????
    Salvia coccinea "Cherry Blossom"
    Salvia coccinea ÂRed Riding HoodÂ
    Salvia darcyi
    Salvia discolor
    Salvia elegans "Honey Melon"
    Salvia farinacea "Victoria White"
    Salvia farinacea
    Salvia farinacea "Blue Victoria"
    Salvia forskaohlei
    Salvia gesneraeflora ÂTequilaÂ
    Salvia gramhammii x lemmmonii
    Salvia greggii ÂAlba"
    Salvia greggii x "Dark Dancer"
    Salvia greggii "Flame"
    Salvia greggii "Pink" aka Rose Pink"
    Salvia greggii "Purple Pastel"
    Salvia guarentica
    Salvia guaranitica ÂBlack & BlueÂ
    Salvia guaranitica purple
    Salvia holwayi
    Salvia "Indago Spires"
    Salvia involucrata "Mulberry Jam"
    Salvia x jamensis "Sierra San Antonio"
    Salvia leucantha
    Salvia leucantha "Midnight"
    Salvia leucophylla
    Salvia lyrata "Burgundy Bliss"
    Salvia melissodora
    Salvia mellifera
    Salvia microphylla "Berzerkely"
    Salvia microphylla
    Salvia microphylla ?"Belize"
    Salvia muelleri
    Salvia nemorosa ÂCaradonnaÂ
    Salvia nemorosa "East FrieslandÂ
    Salvia nemorosa "Plumosa"
    Salvia officinalis "Berggarten"
    Salvia officinalis "Golden"
    Salvia officinalis
    Salvia patens
    Salvia ÂPurple MajestyÂ
    Salvia scabra
    Salvia sp. (poss. S. longispicata)
    Salvia spathacea
    Salvia splendens "Van Houttei"
    Salvia x superba "Blauhugel"
    Salvia x superba "Blue Hills"
    Salvia x superba ÂBlue QueenÂ
    Salvia sylvestris (S. nemorosa)
    Salvia sylvestris "Schneehugel"
    Salvia uliginosa "Sky Blue"
    Salvia "Waverly"

  • sarahbn
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I forgot to add Waverly. I think if I went to Helena or Westelle's house I would feel right at home! And vice-versa! Sarah

  • amazondoc
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Oh! I forgot S. elegans "Scarlet Tangerine".

  • penny1947
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Well since this is just my second summer to have any salvias I don't have very many. Of the ones I am growing now I don't thing any of them are hardy enough for my climate so the will be coming inside for the winter or I will be taking cuttings.

    I currently have
    S. Elegans pineapple sage
    S. Farinacea 'Rhea'
    s. Greggi 'Cherry Queen'
    S. Guaranitica 'B&B'
    S. Guaranitica baby I named 'Niagara Mist'
    S. Mircophylla 'Wild Watermelon'
    S. Splendens 'Bonfire'
    I did have a Salvia x superba 'Rose Queen' but pulled it b/c it was flopping everywhere.

    This winter I will be sowing seeds for
    S. Azurea
    S. Coccinea 'Lady in Red' to replace splendens
    S. Coccinea 'Coral Nymph'
    and trying again with seeds from my Black & Blue and 'Rhea'
    Penny

  • sarahbn
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Penny I am sure I probably mentioned the azurea you can leave outside for us it's hardy. Sarah

  • phoebe1969
    Original Author
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Oh.... to live in zone 9!!
    Westelle - what does a Coccinea Lady in BLUE look like??

  • euphorbphreak
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    The ones I haven't killed:

    Salvia africana-caerulia
    Salvia africana-lutea
    Salvia apiana
    Salvia argentea
    Salvia 'Bee's Bliss'
    Salvia blepharophylla
    Salvia brandegei
    Salvia cacaliaefolia
    Salvia canariensis
    Salvia chamaedryoides
    Salvia chiapensis
    Salvia clevelandii
    Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gillman'
    Salvia coahuilensis
    Salvia darcyi
    Salvia dolicantha
    Salvia elegans
    Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon'
    Salvia forskaohlei
    Salvia gesneraflora
    Salvia greggii 'variegated'
    Saliva greggii cultivar
    Salvia holwayi
    Salvia karwinskii
    Salvia lanceolata
    Salvia leucantha
    Salvia leucophylla 'Pt Sal'
    Saliva lyrata 'Purple Knockout'
    Salvia madrensis
    Salvia mellifera 'Terra Seca'
    Salvia mexicana
    Salvia microphylla (grahamii)
    Salvia miltiorhiza
    Salvia nubicola
    Salvia officianalis 'Purpurea'
    Salvia pachyphylla
    Salvia patens
    Salvia prunelloides
    Salvia puberula
    Salvia regla 'Royal'
    Salvia roemeriana
    Salvia rubescens
    Salvia sagittata
    Salvia scabra
    Salvia semiatrata
    Salvia sinaloensis
    Salvia sonomensis 'John Farmer-Bowers'
    Salvia spathacea
    Salvia sylvestris
    Salvia transsylvanica
    Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'
    Salvia 'Waverly'
    Salvia x superba 'Blue Hill'

    The ones I've killed:

    Salvia algeriensis
    Salvia argentea
    Salvia canariensis
    Salvia candelabrum
    Salvia canescens
    Salvia coccinea
    Salvia discolor
    Salvia dolomitica
    Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue'
    Salvia muelleri
    Salvia recurva
    Salvia vanhoutii

    Obviously, I try again on some :)

    David

  • CA Kate z9
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Phoebe: You'll notice the question marks by the name Salvia coccinea " Lady in Blue" ???? . It looks just like S. Coccinea "Cheery Blossom" only pale blue... but I'm not sure that is the correct name. I got it from Annie's Annuals last spring.

  • karen__w z7 NC
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    This is the current lot. Those I've grown but lost aren't listed.

    africana-lutea
    elegans
    Anthony Parker
    Waverly
    Santa Barbara
    Phyllis Fancy
    van houtteii
    van houtteii Paul
    van houtteii Carribean Coral
    sinoalensis
    blepharophylla
    chiapensis
    miniata
    urica
    patens Guanajuato
    greggii and microphyllas (and hybrids, jamenensis):
    __Hot Lips
    __Flame
    __Devantville
    __Red Velvet
    __Cherry Queen
    __San Carlos Festival
    __Raspberry Royale
    __Dark Dancer
    __Lipstick
    __Pat Vlasto
    __Watermelon
    __Plum Wine
    __La Luna
    __Vareigated
    __SWNS purple
    __Huntingdon
    microphylla var neurepia
    Mulberry Jam
    guaranitica Black and Blue
    __Argentine Skies
    uliginosa
    lycoides x greggii
    lycoides x greggii Los Lirios
    oppositiflora
    corrugata
    glechomifilia
    coccinia Coral
    romeriana
    forskaohleii
    nubicola
    koyame
    nipponica Fuji Snow
    leucantha All Purple
    __All Purple (dwarf)
    confertiflora
    mexicana Tula
    Lollie Jackson
    Puerto de la Zorro
    sp. El Cielo Blue
    thymoides
    clevelandii Winnifred Gilman
    clevelandii
    canariensis
    buchananii
    chamaedryoides
    darcyi
    discolor
    Purple Majesty
    lyrata
    lyrata Purple Knockout
    Indigo Spires
    Riverside sage (karwinski x puberala)
    involucrata Yucca do
    involucrata Bethellii
    madrensis
    puberala (?Hidalgo)
    regla Jamie
    melissodora
    nemerosa Carradona
    __May Night
    cacaelifolia
    verticillata Purple Rain
    viscosa
    San Jose (?Mexican species)
    chionophylla
    sp. Purple Stem
    iodantha
    coahuilensis
    reptans West Texas Form
    splendens Sizzler Burgandy
    azurea

  • penny1947
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    sarah,
    Yes I new azurea was hardy for us up here in the north east that is why I decided to add it to my very limited collection. Thank God too b/c my kitchen and mud room are a bit overcrowded right now. I am actually thinking of enclosing my covered porch for the winter since it has a southern exposure where I can keep the plants for much of the winter and only having to bring them in on the coldest days.

    Penny

  • manifest
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I'm in envy of all you who have room to grow so many salvias! I only have a small area that I allow my succulents to happily usurp, so the few salvias I grow are:

    chamaedryoides

    greggii 'Red'

    guaranitica 'Black & Blue'

    leucantha

    reptans

    semiatrata

    X jamensis 'Sierra San Antonio'

    'Blue Chiquita' - a new one that grew large this summer, only to have many stalks break off in the rains...am rooting them now and they'll hopefully survive for some trades.

    Vy

  • phoebe1969
    Original Author
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I have added to my plants this week:
    s.Pratensis
    s.greggii sierra san antonio
    from joy creek nursery
    s. blue chiquita
    s.corrugata
    s. melissodora
    s. semiatrata
    s. van houteii burgundy
    s. van houteii - paul
    from Digging Dog which by the way were great green healthy plants packed well and fair priced that came quickly!!

  • Bullnettle
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    uliginosa, greggii, microphylla, mexicana, madrensis, involucrata, azurea, darcyi, cinnabarina?, melissodora, coccinea, ballotaeflora, engelmannii, farinacea, Indigo Spires, leucantha, guaranitica -both light and dark blue, Blue Chiquita, miniata, fulgens, reptans, penstemenoides. With heavy clay soil and wet winters, some have died of wet feet, or just expire after a couple of years. The one I really regret losing is regla. I lost all three plants in a period of two years. The apricot and purple microphylla/greggii/jamensis crosses just don't make it here in the ground. Bicolor also expired, as did chamaedryoides and chiapensis. Elegans didn't return last year. Miniata and fulgens are in pots and are moved to a protected area on the south side of the house now.

  • only1joanie
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I bought a couple of clevelandi salvias. i heard that they don't grow for long unless theyre planted in sand. i live in Tucson Az. Do you have any advice for me. Also do any other salvias smell as good and waft as well as that one.
    Joanie

  • wanda
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    currently...

    Salvia clevelandii 'Winfred Gilman'
    .................. 'Whirly blue'
    Salvia 'Bees Bliss'
    Salvia 'Dara's Choice'
    Salvia 'Starlight'
    Salvia apiana
    Salvia canescens
    Salvia madrensis
    Salvia leucanthe 'Midnight'
    Salvia munzii
    Salvia 'Anthony Parker'
    Salvia miniata
    Salvia blepharophylla
    Salvia semiatrata
    Salvia species (unidentified...that was the name on the tag)
    Salvia guaranitica
    Salvia 'Black and Blue'
    Salvia confertiflora
    Salvia patens
    Salvia 'May Night'
    Salvia 'East Friesland'
    Salvia regla
    Salvia 'Indigo Spires'
    Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon'
    Salvia sinaloensis
    Salvia spathacea
    Salvia muelleri
    Salvia 'Baja Blanca'
    Salvia Salvia azurea var. grandiflora
    Salvia uliginosa
    Salvia glechoma
    Salvia mellifera
    Salvia 'Maraschino'
    and probably a half a dozen or more that I forgot

    Ones I've shovel pruned (Hey, I have a small garden and sometimes I need more space to grow more salvias...LOL) or killed or annual...

    Salvia 'Waverly'
    Salvia gesneriflora 'Tequila'
    Salvia discolor
    Salvia coccinea
    Salvia 'Coral Nymph'
    Salvia 'Van Houttei'
    Salvia urica
    Salvia greggii 'Moonlight', 'Wild Thing', variegated
    Salvia o. 'Icterina'
    Salvia chamedryoides
    Salvia argentea
    Salvia splendens
    Salvia roemeriana
    Salvia cacaelifolia
    Salvia lyrata
    Salvia thymoides
    Salvia africana-caerulia
    Salvia africana-lutea
    Salvia sagittata
    Salvia nipponica 'Fuji Snow'
    Salvia elegans
    and probably a half a dozen or more that I forgot

    wanda

  • rosewomann
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Finally , I've gotten my list together! Some are new from winter sowing last year, so I haven't seen blooms yet. I have starred the ones that have bloomed so far. Some I've had for many years. At least half are from my GardenWeb buddies(you know who you are) ;-)
    Salvia apiana
    Salvia azurea
    Salvia buchananii
    Salvia chiapensis *
    Salvia clevelandii X leucophylla 'Pozo Blue'
    Salvia coahuilensis "saltillo" *
    Salvia coccinea red, coral nymph, white nymph , Forest Fire*
    Salvia farinacea "Blue Victoria" *
    Salvia farinacea "Victoria White"*
    Salvia forskaohlei *
    Salvia greggii Raspberry Royale, "Orange"*
    Salvia guaranitica black and blue *
    Salvia "Indigo Spires"
    Salvia x jamensis "Sierra San Antonio" *
    Salvia jurisicii
    Salvia leucantha "Santa Barbara" *
    Salvia leucantha "Midnight" *
    Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' *
    Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival' *
    Salvia nemorosa Caradonna *
    Salvia nemorosa "East Friesland *
    Salvia nemorosa 'May Night *
    Salvia officinalis
    Salvia patens
    Salvia repens *
    Salvia reptans , upright or West Texas Form *
    Salvia roemeriana
    Salvia sclarea
    Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica
    Salvia sinaloensis *
    Salvia superba 'Blue Hill' *
    Salvia x superba Blue Queen *
    Salvia x superba "Rose Queen"
    Salvia x superba "Rosenwein"
    Salvia x superba violet blue
    Salvia transylvanica
    Salvia uliginosa
    Salvia verticillata ? 'Purple Rain' ?
    Salvia verticillata 'Alba"
    Salvia virgata

    ones I've lost
    chamaedryoides
    plum wine
    Zaragoza
    greggis

    Rose

  • susan82
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Leucantha
    Waverly
    Chiapensis
    Indigo Spires
    May Night
    Purple Majesty

    Love them all! The hummers do too!

  • lunita
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I want to be called next time Wanda feels the need to shovel prune. Seriously, I'll drive to pick them up :P

    I got my first salvias last summer. I quickly accumulated:

    S. greggi "Dark Dancer" and an unknown purple one
    S. chiapensis
    S. guaranitica black and blue
    S.guaranitica "argentine Skies"
    S. leucantha
    S. nemerosa (?) Blue Hill, Blue Queen, Rose Queen
    S. elegans
    S. patens

  • dgs9r
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Karen W,
    I'm from Durham too. Which blue salvia blooms longest for you?
    Thanks!

  • susan82
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Just bought Greggii 'Caviar' also ...Beautiful!!

  • myenawine
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I've grown a wide variety, some that have thrived and some that just weren't well-suited to my area.
    Here is a short list of what I've grown over the past few years:
    S. africana-lutea
    S. amplexicaulis
    S. blepharophylla
    S. brandegei
    S. bulleyana
    S. cacaliifolia
    S. chamaedryoides
    S. clevelandii x leucophylla 'Pozo Blue'
    S. curtiflora
    S. darcyi
    S. discolor 'Black and Blue'
    S. disermas
    S. desoleana
    S. elegans
    S. flava
    S. forshaoklei
    S. involucrata
    S. involucrata "bethellii"
    S. involucrata x 'Mulberry Jam'
    S. indica
    S. juriscii
    S. hians
    S. glutinosa
    S. gesneraeflora
    S. greggii - lots and lots
    S. karwinskii 'Hot pink'
    S. lanceolata
    S. leucantha (both purple and white and purple on purple)
    S. lyrata
    S. lyrata 'purple volcano'
    S. lyrata 'purple prince'
    S. littae
    S. madrensis
    S. melissodora
    S. mexicana
    S. mexicana 'Limelight'
    S. mexicana 'Lollie Jackson'
    S. nemerosa - lots of different varieties
    S. microphylla
    S. nipponica 'Fuji Snow' (unfortunately, the deer loved this, and I don't think it survived..)
    S. penstemonoides
    S. pratensis
    S. pratensis 'Haemotodes'
    S. przewalski
    S. puberula 'Hidalgo'
    S. roborowski
    S. sagittata
    S. sclarea v. turkestanica
    S. scutellarioides (one of my absolute favorites)
    S. sinaloensis
    S. semiatrata
    S. sonomensis x melliflora 'Dara's Choice'
    S. splendens Van Houteii
    S. tingitana
    S. transsylvanica
    S. transsylvanica 'Blue Cloud'
    S. uliginosa
    S. verticillata 'alba'
    S. viridis
    S. wagneriana
    Salvia x jamensis 'Sierra San Antonio'
    Salvia x jamensis 'La Luna'
    Salvia 'Anthony Parker'
    Salvia 'Blue Chiquita'
    Sakvia 'El Cielo Blue'
    Salvia 'Indigo Spires'
    Salvia 'Birmingham Blue'
    Salvia 'Smith College'

    I'd love to get my grubby hands on S. 'Strybing Purple Velvet', S. disjuncta, S. confertiflora and Salvia 'Betsy's Purple'.

    I recently obtained a few favorites of mine that I lost over the winter. Thanks, Richard. :)

    I've also added S. spathacea, S. dentata, S. canariensis, S. villosa and Salvia 'Tingo Blue'.

    I wish I started keeping records a few years ago, just so I knew what did really well here and what didn't - most of those listed above were alive and well before winter, but I missed a few cold, hard freezes in December, and know that I've lost some.

  • Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Paulette,

    Thank you for a very cool thread on GW! I loved the walk through everyone's garden!

    Joseph

  • myenawine
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    D'oh!

    I goofed on my list, and left off a bunch (that's what I get for cutting and pasting, and then not checking what I pasted, huh?) ;)

    It happened right there, at S. discolor...

  • rosewomann
    19 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I love seeing what people have too. Now if we could just get them all to save their seeds,we'd be in business - we could start our own Salvia swap like the general seed swap at NARGS.
    We could have our picks in rounds - only qualifying for packets if we sent in seeds.
    OK, Rose come back to earth... ;-)

  • rosewomann
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Bump.
    I thought some of the new people might want to post their lists! ;-)

  • JerseySK
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I do miss the salvias I grew in CA, but looking for Zone 6 Hardy Salvias. So far I have the following growing in the garden having survived their first or second winter:

    S. Flava
    S. Forsskaolii
    S. Hians
    S. Koyamae
    S. Nemorosa
    S. Verticillata
    S. Hunannensis (sp?)
    S. Nubicola

  • dereks
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I just bought my first salvia two weeks ago. It's salvia greggii 'furmans red'. It went from a warm greenhouse at the nursery to my cold back yard. I don't think it is to happy with me because the leaves are turning a red color, but it's still trying to bloom with lots of new shoots coming out the sides.

  • Adam_Moore
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    S. guaranitica
    - Black & Blue
    - Kobalt (Blue Ensign ?)
    - Argentina Skies
    - X Purple Majesty
    S. sinaloensis
    S. elegans
    S officinalis
    - Icterina ( Golden)
    - Tri-color
    S. Greggi
    - Hot pink
    - Deep Purple
    S coccina
    - Scarlet
    - Coral
    S. nemorosa
    - "Schneehugel" - Snowhill
    - "Ostfriesland" - East Friesland
    - "Mainacht"- May Night
    S. regla 'Mount Emory'

    Most of these I just started this year but I'm not through adding to my collection yet...:-)
    Adam

  • beeinmybonnet
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I am looking for salvia that is close to the Victoria Blue Mealy Sage blue color. I would like to know which salvia is most true blue - BLUE QUEEN or the BLUE HILL? Thankyou very much.

  • alysa
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    So, pardon my ignorance here, but are most salvias pretty much for the warmer climates?

    I have May Night, East Friesland and Turkestanica Alba. I'm not interested in annual salvias in my area unless they're spectacular or reseed easily.

    I'd be interested in some more unusual varieties that aren't commonly found in the garden centers here in Zone 5. What's good here?

  • alysa
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Oh, nevermind - I just saw the 'cold hardy salvias' thread.

  • jeaninpgh
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    i have some burgandy vista annual salvia,some blue hill or blue queen,I just received a coral nymph & a lemon that Im trying to find info on any help? would love to trade for more from cuttings or for other plants ,I have alot of nice perrenials

  • annette68_gw
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I grow

    Hot Lips
    Coccinea white, red and brenthurst
    Mellissadora
    Pineapple Sage
    Pseudo Neutans
    Peru Blue
    Greggii purple, pink
    Madrensis
    And I have just mail ordered about 50 plants to experiment with hehehhe. I live in the tropics & I like to experiment I love the ones that self seed.

  • Garden_Momma
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I have Blue bedder and White Porcelain, I pale in comparison with the rest of you, but it was 1st year for bb and just love it and the white (annual) is very nice. I've checked a few of the other savias online and I can see how they can become a favorite.
    G_M

  • rosewomann
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Bumping this up so some of the new folks can add their list.
    I have acquired Salvia "Hot Lips" & Salvia chamaedryoides(thanks Mikey)& Salvia guaranitica 'Argentine Skies'(thanks Brian). The Hot Lips & the Argentine Skies bloomed their heads off- Hot Lips the entire season!. The Chaemedroides has bloomed a small amount this summer- it was shaded out by a huge Agastache rupestris in the same whiskey barrel. And I got some guaranitica species,guaranitica Costa Rican blue, nilotica, mexicana "Limelight" & Waverly at the MAG swaps(thanks to all).

    But I lost quite a few last winter - even some overwintered in the garage or house. I lost:Salvia apiana,Salvia buchananii, Salvia chiapensis,Salvia clevelandii X leucophylla 'Pozo Blue', Salvia coahuilensis "Saltillo", greggii"Orange", Salvia "Indigo Spires" & Salvia jamensis "Sierra San Antonio".

    Salvia roemeriana bloomed fully(not like last year when it created seeds without blooms)after overwintering- then promptly died!

    I found out my seed grown jurisicii was really pratensis & my seed grown virgata was really viscosa but all in all it was a really good year. I had a lot of great reseeders, Salvia greggii 'Raspberry Royale bloomed continuously without a 10 minute break & I found new people to trade with near & far. In the Salvia world , all is good.

    Please let my "Limelight" bloom before we have a hard frost! ;-)

    Rose

  • wardw
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Rose - interesting report, but depressing since you lost several plants that I've become fond of this summer.

    How did you try to overwinter Indigo Spires? I've taken cuttings and also plan to overwinter a big pot of it on the above freezing back porch. This is such a good plant, besides being lovely it is attractive to other hummingbirds and butterflies. And because it is so vigorous it makes the gardener appear to have a magic touch.

    Did you put 'Raspberry Royal' in the ground? I kept one in an undersized pot all summer. Like yours it was never out of bloom, but it didn't grow more than 10 inches tall. It is one I'm considering propagating over the winter for a couple of hummingbird garden projects. How tall and wide did yours get? Another raspberry that has bloomed well is 'Delight'. My only gripe with it is that it was very brittle for me. The broken branches were of some use, since there are now more that a dozen foot tall cuttings out in the veggie garden

    Sierra San Antonio was pretty, but for me it didn't bloom particularly well. I love the color and hope a more vigorous version may eventually be available.

    I also grew a mass planting of a red salvia Greggi Navaho at a nature center this year from cuttings. It did very well, but I wonder if it will survive the winter. I'm hoping it was just our outstandingly wet and cold winter last year that killed my plants at home.

    Chaemedroides has been on my want list for some time.

    My 'Limelight' started blooming a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, the plants were heavily battered on several occasions by storms and the purple flowers are opening with a damaged look - like a three day old Black & Blue. I'll try to keep one cutting going and next year, rather than planting it in the ground, put it in a heavily staked and wired pot.

    New to me was S Coahuiliensis. I was OK and if I lose it that's OK too. My overwintered in the ground Black & Blue never looked particularly good this year, next year I'll feed them heavily and see if that helps. Purple Majesty, new to me, and not planted until mid July made a nice late show, and if I can overwinter cuttings, is a keeper. And what can you say about coccinea? Both Lady in Red and Coral Nymph bloomed heavily all season, attracted hummers like crazy, and kept me busy deadheading. The Uliginosa grew seven feet tall and was never without hundreds of blooms. The new S. Microphylla San Carlos Festival planting increased in vigor as the summer moved on and outgrew and outbloomed Wild Watermelon. New Marachino plants were slow to start, but by September had reached several feet and finally began to bloom. Also new to me was a small start of Argentina Skies. It didn't bloom until late August.

    Are you able to overwinter your agastache rupestris in the whiskey barrel. It was my first year for this impressive plant. It would appear to be useful for a sandy waste area in need of hardy plants that can take drought and resist deer browse. Does it bloom the first year from seed?

    Lastly, did you grow your roemeriana in part shade? I'd like to try it next year in an area which gets about 1/3 day sun.

  • tabassam
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    These are the salvias I have this year:

    Salvia 'Van Houtti'
    Salvia 'Wanbrly'
    Salvia guaranitica from Costa Rica
    Salvia 'Trinidad Pink'
    Salvia guarnantica 'Van Remsen'
    salvia Darcy or schaffneri
    salvia mexicana 'Limelight'
    Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph'
    Salvia 'May Night'

    Use to have in ZOne 9
    Salvia 'Indigo Spires'
    Salvia 'Purple Magesty'
    Salvia 'Lady in Red'
    Salvia 'Black & Blue'
    Salvia 'Antony Parker'

    Tabby

  • brenda_near_eno
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Microphyllas and greggiis:
    'Furman's Red'
    'Marachino'
    'San Carlos Festival'
    'Hot Lips'
    purple

    sinoalensis
    guaranitica Black and Blue
    forskaohleii
    nubicola
    koyame
    leucantha
    leucantha 'Eder'
    thymoides
    chamaedryoides
    nemerosa Blue Hill
    viscosa
    muelleri
    coccinea red

  • mikeandbarb
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Wow, you folks have a lot of salvias. This is my first year this is what I have so far.

    Lady in Red

    coral nymph

    Navajo bright red

    Henry Duelberg - This one was my best and a must have in my book

    Bog

    Tropical pink

    Black Blue

    Blue Hills

    Purple knockout - wasn't worth getting IMO

    Greggii White

    Victoria Blue

    Mexican

    elegans pineapple

  • rosewomann
    18 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Okay, time to kick this back up. We don't want to lose this one. Anyone want to add their list?
    Rose

  • ljrmiller
    17 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Well...Salvia spathacea survived the winter, although it's emerging only slowly. Surprisingly, some of my Salvia farinacea 'Victoria' survived, as well. I suspect Salvia semiatrata may be history, and that the Salvia guaraniticas may be gone as well. Same with Salvia elegans and Salvia leucantha. I'm not going to write them off as dead just yet, because I know better. I don't know about Salvia reptans yet, either.

    Salvia pachyphylla, Salvia x jamensis, Salvia hians, Salvia verticillata, Salvia greggii (assorted), Salvia microphylla, Salvia chamaedryoides and Salvia dorrii are all doing fine.

  • ljrmiller
    17 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I forgot. I have Salvia azurea, although I haven't gone out and checked how it survived the winter. S. dorrii survived, S. reptens survived, and I forgot (and it survived) all about S. penstemonoides. I don't have a lot of hope for S. semiatrata. Sigh.

  • masielmelo_gmail_com
    16 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Hi y'all,

    I have been salivating reading everyone's fine collection of salvias. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of resources locally to expand on my modest collection. I particularly want salvia 'mulberry Jam', van houitti 'paul', and salvia waverly. Anybody who knows where online (other than Avant Gardens) I could order these from? Also, anybody with some of these plants to sell/exchange?

    Thanks!
    vabyvlue

  • helena_z8_ms
    16 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    vabyvlue, I get a lot of mine from Rich at A World Of Salvia

    Helena

  • vabyvlue
    16 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Thank you so much Helena for the quick response!! I knew I had to check with the experts! I just browsed through his web and there are sooooo many pretty salvias. I hope that he ships cause I want to buy a bunch :o)

    vabyvlue

  • phoebe51
    15 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Great walk down memory lane for me. Back then it was sooo many seeds and sooo little time.

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