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Re: Salvia dombeyi - source?

At 12:06 PM 1/26/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I wondered if anyone knew of a source for Salvia dombeyi?  Though it's not
>Mediterranean per se, I think it's being grown in California.  It has
>pendulant clusters of bright red flowers -- the largest individual flowers
>of any Salvia species, they are up to 3" long.
>
>Bob
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Bob:

I believe Central Coast Growers has this sage.  It likes to grow in a vining
fashion in shade near sun.  First, it stretches upwards, growing through
supporting vegettion, then arcs outward into the sun, droops and forms
flower heads  with 4 - 5 inch scarlet flowers at around 6 - 8 feet in the
air.  At least that is what I remember from Roger and Dorothy's description.  

It grows in old gardens in Cuzco, Peru and is supposed to be a sacred plant
to the Incas.  As with many high-elevation Andean plants, it can be a very
difficult plant to grow.  I got it once, and lost it in my humid subtropical
weather in North Carolina.  I've been told it can be difficult for people in
California as  well.  

PLEASE NOTE: CCG is a wholesale nursery catering to landscapers.  I don't
know of any retail or mail-order nurseries.  I'd like that info for myself.


805-489-1802	fax (eve)   481-8999
Center Coast Growers
275 Pacific Pine Drive		
Arroyo Grande, CA  93420

Rich Dufresne
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