Re: salvia flowers

My friend and I have both had lots of trouble with very tiny larvae
infesting some salvia buds.  It seems to happen more with the summer
bloomers, and the ones that bloom later in the fall are OK.

 Cathy, Sunset zone 24, national zone 10.

> From: Nan Sterman <Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com>
> Reply-To: Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com
> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:14:07 -0700
> To: rsgt@california.com, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: salvia flowers
> 
>> I have several salvias: indigo spires, waverly and others whose names I
>> don't know. All have a long flower spike made up of many buds (I guess
>> that's a salvia characteristic?). Only a few of the buds open and the rest
>> tend to dry and eventually fall off. Sometimes this is due to larvae damage
>> and I spray with BT to take care of that, though not regularly. Could there
>> be another reason, such as weather conditions, amount of sun, etc., that
>> all the buds don't open or is this to be expected?
> 
> Hi Barbara
> 
> I grow dozens of salvias and I've never had any kind of larvae attack
> the flowers or any other part of the plants.  Are you sure that is
> what is going on?
> 
> Nan
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