Re: Salvia repari or ripari

At 10:43 -0400 24-06-2000, Richard F. Dufresne wrote:
>Salvia riparia Kunth, described in Epling's Rev. of Calosphace (p. 16	) is a
>wide-ranging annual sage found from Sonora, Mexico to Peru, Jamaica, and
>Honduras.  It is evidently riparian (found along strambanks), and has a
>medium-length spike with small blue flowers, and grows 30 - 50 cm. tall.  It
>doesn't look like a good floral prospect.

I have obtained a plant labelled as Salvia riparia this spring and I 
like what I got. (small pale blue flowers pointed leaves, grey blue 
budds) I was told it would be hardy here, zone 7/8.

For some strange reason Salvia riparia is sometimes confused withe 
Salvia viscosa wich has wine red flowers.

>I don't know Snow Hill, but it is probably a white version of Blue Hill.
>For my money, East Friesland is still the best nemerosa/superba sage, from
>the point of view of withstanding my subtropical environment in 
>North Carolina.

This plant was originally introduced as:

Salvia x sylvestris 'Adrian'

(most often wrongly refered to as: S. nemorosa or x superba)

It is much better known here  as:
Salvia x sylvestris 'Schneehügel' (German for  'Snow Hill')
or Salvia nemorosa 'Snow Queen'



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Roger Bastin,


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