Re: low growing and blue or purple
- Subject: Re: low growing and blue or purple
- From: Richard Dufresne s*@earthlink.net
- Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:55:04 -0400
At 10:58 PM 7/1/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Got any suggestions for a low growing or mounding perennial or
>subshrub that is low water and has a deep blue or purple flower?
>Full sun, well drained soil, drip irrigation.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Nan
>
>
>Nan
Besides Salvoa chamaedryoides (available as a clone from Arizona, introduced
via Greg Starr, and a larger flowered form from Yucca-Do), there are S.
glechomaefolia. (related to S. sinaloensis), S. chionophylla (which roots as
it goes along), S. muelleri (royal purple), S. coahuilensis (deep indigo),
S. lycioides x greggii `Los Lirios' (being sold as Salvia Navajo Deep
Purple) All of these except the first are related and have more or less
sprawling habits and layer themselves.
There are some Central Asian and Chinese sages like S. hians that might be
compact enough.
Richard F. Dufresne
1216 Okeeweemee-Star Road
Star, North Carolina 27356 USA
910-428-4704
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