Re: salvia fulgens

At 09:35 PM 12/20/00 -0500, Richard F. Dufresne wrote:
>I have two forms, one the Salvia cardinalis form most people are familiar
>with, and the other the more typical form found in nature, collected by
>Sally and Tim Walker of Southwest Native Seeds.  The latter looks a lot like
>S. gesneraeflora.  I was able to cross it with S. gesneraeflora cv. Tequila,
>and will want to see what the flowers look like.  Cardinalis is more
>compact, and has a prominent involucre of bracts that have pointed, orange
>tips and are the most aromatic part of the plant.  My two stock plants were
>solid with blooms this fall for over five weeks.

Richard -

I looked at your web page information for these Salvias, and I guess what I 
have is still S. fulgens according to them.  I do not recall my plant 
having much of the scents you mention for S. gesneraeflora or S. 
cardinalis.  My plant does have notably sticky leaves, and they are of a 
pale, yellow-green color.  The flowers are very clear red, with calyxes 
only slightly darkish.  Can you remark about the relative 'stickiness' of 
the leaves of each of these plants?

My plant originally came from Magic Garden Nursery, in Berkeley.  There are 
various similar plant offered routinely in nurseries locally, and planted 
in public and private gardens, but I have never been sure if they are 
exactly what I have (I would need to have brought a leaf/flower from mine 
to be sure).

I would be happy to furnish cuttings to local gardeners (Loretta?) later in 
winter or early spring, when it bulks up a bit.

Regards,
Sean O.

h o r t u l u s   a p t u s     -    'a garden suited to its purpose'
Sean A. O'Hara        fax (707) 667-1173     sean.ohara@groupmail.com
710 Jean Street, Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
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