Re: Salvia patens
- To: William Bade <b*@math.berkeley.edu>
- Subject: Re: Salvia patens
- From: r* <r*@unm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 10:56:24 -0700 (PDT)
Twice I've ordered "blue" Salvia patens; twice I've had violet flowers
(and too expensive for an annual since it can't overwinter outdoors here).
The only truly clear, sky-blue salvia I have ever seen is S. azurea, and
if it can grow in my garden it can probably grow anywhere, and is a
reliable perennial.
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, William Bade wrote:
> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: William Bade <bade@math.berkeley.edu>
> To: "Rand B. Lee" <randbear@nets.com>
> Cc: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Salvia patens
>
> 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
> >
> >
>
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