Re:sky blue salvia
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re:sky blue salvia
- From: "* <R*@haasjr.org>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 10:00:20 PST
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> 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.
Actually, Salvia ulignosa (sp.?) is also a beautiful sky blue. I
believe it prefers somewhat less sun and more moisture than many
salvias. It grows fairly tall and bears long, slender sky blue
spikes.
Rachel B
>
> 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 flowersAE 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Rachel Baker
Berkeley, CA
