Salvia site, was sky blue salvia

Barbara -- I just checked out that site, it looks pretty interesting but I
am not clear as to who it is or what their purpose is.  What do you know
about it?  And how can you browse the discussion area, I found only
instructions on searching or posting.

Nan

>Here's a nice website on salvias:  www.californiagardens.com/salvias.htm
>
>Barbara
>
>On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, rachel wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > 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
>>
>>

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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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