Re: Salvia patens
William
Sorry about this, but in the UK there is a Cambridge Blue Salvia patens which
is the sky blue you are after - of a partyicularly clear, clean shade. We grow
them all in full sun, but they will also take some shade also. Your sun is
probably fiercer than ours, but sun they like!
Good hunting
Peter Lewis, Cambridge UK Zone 7-ish
William Bade wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a clear, sky blue S. patens? The plant looked
> much like my indigo-violet blooming one. But I lost it. Don't know why,
> but think it was probably too dry and sunny for it. Should it have been in
> part shade?
> Elly Bade
> Berkeley, Calif.
>
> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Rand B. Lee wrote:
>
> > My Salvia patens is blooming in my half-barrel, and I must say I am
> > shocked with wonder at the intensity of the flowers’ coloring. They are
> > not true blue -- more like a very intense deep indigo-violet -- but they
> > are breathtaking. Salvia patens is of course not hardy in Zone 5b-6a
> > Santa Fe. I want to overwinter my plant, but things I overwinter indoors
> > tend to get terminal spider mite, or suddenly die just when March is
> > peeking over the transom, so I must take cuttings and root them, I
> > suppose. My question to you mulcherati out there is: can I root just any
> > old piece of stem, or must I take my cuttings from nonflowering spikes,
> > as I do with dianthuses?
> >
> > Rand B. Lee, Freelance Writer & Editor
> > Founder and President, The North American Dianthus Society
> > Founder and President, The North American Cottage Garden Society
> > Member, Garden Writers Association of America
> > Author, PLEASURES OF THE COTTAGE GARDEN (Michael Friedman Publishers)
> > copyright 1998, ISBN 1-56799-695-7
> > randbear@nets.com
> > 1306 Lujan Street
> > Santa Fe, NM 87505-3220
> > 505-438-7038
> > Zone 6a
> > 7000 feet elevation
> >
> >
