Re: Salvia muddle
- Subject: Re: Salvia muddle
- From: Richard Dufresne s*@earthlink.net
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:45:52 -0400
At 10:05 AM 8/24/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>Talking of salvias, I was given S. x involucrata 'Mulberry Jam' earlier this
>year. I believe it features in Betsy Clebsch's book under this name. It
>seems no longer to be listed in the RHS Plant Finder (though the online
>version brings up 'Mulberry Wine'). I have two questions. Is Mulbery
>Jam the valid name i.e. the first to be published, or is the true name
>Mullberry Wine? (Or are there two salvias with similar names?)
>Secondly are these hybrids of S. involucrata and another species or
>plain involucrata?
>
>Thanks for any help
>Joan Head
Joan:
Salvia involucrata x `Mulberrt Jam' is a garden sport from Betsy Clebsch's
garden. I've never heard of `Mulberry Wine', either as an alternate name or
varietal offering. MJ appears to be a hybrid with another species like S.
chiapensis or possibly S. greggii.
Spme years after offering S. greggii x microphylla `Raspberry Royale', I
noticed that others were offering `Royal Raspberry' and `Radpberry Ripple'.
I think the first went nowhere, and the latter has established itself on the
Pacific coast of the US and is different, according to SG. Whether they
have a totally separate or a derivative origin, I do not know.
Richard F. Dufresne
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