Re: substitute for salvia darcyi?

Funny, mine darci doesn't smell at all. I just pruned it back this week and didn't notice anything.

Oh well... how about S. regla 'Huntington?' Its a bit taller and the leaves are more grassy green but it does fine in my mid 20s garden and has great red flowers.

If you can handle a giant, try S. gesneriflora. Mine gets at least 8' tall and spreads as wide but the leaves are almost chartreuse and the flowers are red red red. Some varieties have black bracts - I think 'Mole Poblano' is one of them and the combination of black/red/ chartreuse is really striking! But you have to have enough room.

Nan


On Aug 20, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Irene Kuffel wrote:

Hi all,

    I was hoping that some of you on this list
    might be able to offer some suggestions for
    plants that are similar in appearance and
    habit to salvia darcyi?

    I love its generous bloom, loose form, and
    the combination of light apple-green foliage
    with the exuberant red flowers, but the smell
    is just so offensive (especially given how
    much time I spend deadheading it) that I'm
    ready to yank it, which will leave a big
    hole that needs to be filled. Anyone have
    any favourite red-flowered salvias of similar
    form? Where I garden, it regularly dips to
    the mid-20's (F) in winter, so the replacement
    has to be somewhat hardy (so s. confertifolia
    is out).

Thanks in advance,

-- Irene.

Irene Kuffel,
Napa Valley California.















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