|
| Can anyone tell me about Salvia involucrata x `Merwyn Gardens', such as its parents and where it came from? What are its outstanding features? I think it is from the SF - Oakland Bay area. |
Follow-Up Postings:
|
- Posted by voodoobrew 9, Bay Area, CA (My Page) on Fri, Dec 9, 11 at 21:24
| I have this one [called "MARWIN Gardens"], haven't seen any flowers yet. Maybe it will bloom this winter? Parentage is unknown, though S. wagneriana has been implicated. I would definitely guess S. karwinskii, as well. I'm not sure that S. involucrata has been implicated, but Kathy at Cabrillo might know? Kermit has it on his site now, see link below. More photos here: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Salvia x Marwin Gardens
|
| No definitive info - just hearsay available from most sources. We've grown it for two plus years now as 'Marwin Gardens'. It is similar to wagneriana in floral characteristics, but by no means identical. The plant habit is different as well - more compact, larger, rounder leaves of a very different color and veination and MUCH slower growing. It acts like a pentaploid. We grew out some seeds from it and they are all identical, not what one would expect from a hybrid. The fact that it sets seed at all flies in the face of claims that it is a hybrid. I'm uploading early bloom pictures to my Flickr site. Give it a bit as is currently uploading. If you don't know the site, just send me email. Nice, densely branched and leaved pink flowered Winter Salvia. That's what I'd call it. Very nice. |
|
- Posted by rich_dufresne z7 NC (My Page) on Sat, Dec 10, 11 at 13:34
| The foliage looks a lot more like wagneriana or involucrata to me, and the flower spike looks more like karwinskii in the photos I've seen so far. |
|
- Posted by annette68 Australia Queensland (annettewright68@hotmail.com) on Fri, Dec 30, 11 at 4:22
| I have 'Marwin Gardens' grown from seed and my foliage is more karwinskii then wagneriana or involucrata, I just query the earlier question about hybrids setting seeds, on some salvias they do and some they dont,I have a salvia African hybrid that the foliage resembles namaensis and the flowers scabra it sets seeds and I have sown them and thus far the foliage resembles the plant so diviation thus far,the biggest hybrid seed setter I know has to be the macrophylla x sagittata the foliage is sagittata and the flowers macrophylla, this baby is not shy in setting seeds just like the macrophylla so some hybrids set and some dont I guess, the mystery of the salvia:) |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Salvia Forum
Instructions
- You must be a registered member and logged in to post messages on our forums.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review the contents and make changes.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- It is illegal to post copyrighted material without the owner's consent.
- HTML codes are allowed in the message field only.
- No advertising is allowed in any of the forums.
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.