re: salvia flowers

Some of your suggestions may be the problem at hand for me. Most of my
garden is in less than full sun in addition to the coolness and fog of the
summers here.

The larvae I speak of seem to be the offspring of several small moth
varieties that I see often hanging about my salvias.

>I suspect that low temperatures and dampness can cause abortion of immature
>flowers.  I am seeing this right now on S. patens `Guanajuato', but it is
>potbound and a new plant.  This loss might also indicate a problem with the
>root system, or a sustained sudden change in the weather.

>I have seen this, in my urban southern california garden, when there is a
>lot of smog. Is that a possibility for you?
>Laura-in LA.

We have our share of smog but nothing like that in LA.

Thanks,
Barbara - in Berkeley
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