Re:Salvia sclarea
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re:Salvia sclarea
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:10:03 -0500 (EST)
At 04:01 PM 12/9/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Dear Glen,
>
>I have what sounds to be a similar variety grown from seed from Thompson and
>Morgan, labeled var turkestanica It was far larger than I expected it to be,
>and quite grand.
>It was NOT perennial in my climate. It survived its first rosette year
>through a very cold (for us--16°F) week of winter. It bloomed massively and
>profusely, and then quietly and raggedly died. It did set massive quantities
>of seeds which have sprouted.
Rebecca:
Salvia sclarea is a true monocarpic plant, dying at the end of the second
year. Its cousin Salvia argentea is a true perennial. In Denver, there are
some plants at least 20 years old of the latter. Both plants thrive in
Mediterranean conditions. Your plant sounds like the clone originally
collected by Jim and Jenny Archibald.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 USA
336-674-3105
World of Salvias web page:
http://www.eclectasy.com/gallery_of_salvias/index.htm
or
http://home.infinet.mindspring.com/~salvia/salvia.htm (to be phased out)
