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Salvia 'Waverly' ?

>Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 09:54:07 -0700
>Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>From: ccaffrey@pacbell.net
>To: DLind33333@aol.com, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Subject: Re: Salvia 'Waverly' ?
>
> I can't find the reference at the moment, but I believe that Betsy
> Clebsch, who wrote "A Book of Salvias", says that it is a hybrid of
> which the parents are not known but guessed at.  Not much help, but that
> may be why it can't be found in usual references.
>
> Cathleen Caffrey
> Berkeley

I am pretty convinced that S. chiapensis in one of the species
involved in this beautiful hybrid.  The character of growth, the
consistent blooming, glossy leaves, and resemblance of the flower
form all seem to point clearly to this species.  S. 'Waverly' is a
real beauty, though I am only just about to grow it myself to test
it out for landscapes.  My guess is that perhaps S. leucantha might
be the other parent, though the genetic influence of that species
would be more subtle that the former.

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