Re: salvia conditions

The most knowledgeable medit plant person when it comes to salvias is Rich
Dufresne and I'm surprised he's not yet responded to your query.  Rich, are
you still out there?

Rich sells plants mail order as well.

In terms of plants, I purchsed Heidi Gildemeister's Mediterranean Gardening
book when I heard her speak in LA last year and I love that book.  It
doesn't have as much plant culture info as I'd like, but the concepts she
presents and the plant encyclopedia section are wonderful.  Also, great
photos.

Another book I really like is Bob Perry's "Landscape PLants for Western
Regions."  I don't know if it qualifies as  a medit plant book, but it
certainly applies.

The last one I'll recommend this morning is "Botanica," a HUGE plant
encyclopedia that I got for a very good price at Costco last year.  One of
ourlist members (Ernie Wasson from Cabrillo College who grows dozens if not
hundreds of salvias) is a co-author.  Not necessarily medit focused, but
lots of plants that work in medit regions and wonderful photos and good
(though general) information.

My 2 cents worth...

Nan

PS. sounds like a fun project!



.  Another >I live in zone 8b, Seattle, Washington, which receives 38" rain
annually,
>mostly between September and May.  I've just created a mediterranean bed
>which extends 50' along a south-facing wall (which is why I'm asking so many
>question at this stage -- I'm procurring and planting like crazy this
>spring!).  It's quite protected and has excellent drainage with a PH of 7 or
>so. I have several Salvia greggiis and love them, but would like to learn
>about others that originate from the Mediterranean. Any plant less than 4' x
>4' is fine. Also, I forgot to mention that if people know of good sources or
>seeds they have to spare (of salvias), I'd be glad to hear about it.  Nan --
>I'll look for the book on salvias that you recommend.
>
>I was also wondering what people recommend as a good reference book for
>medit plants.  I've looked at the list on the MGS website, but might have
>missed one that is an "encyclopedia" type with lots of good photos.

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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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