Re: Salvia repari or ripari
Rich,
Regarding S. ripari or riparia, I wonder if we are talking about the
same plant. The one I have is in a 1 gal container, definitely a
shrublet, not an annual, has purple flowers, and even in a container
is more than 50 cm tall. Flowers are pretty nice, and I expect that
in the ground, it would be even more floriferous. I just checked the
nursery label and it says that it is a hardy perennial, grows to 2x3
and makes no reference to high water needs which I would expect a
riparian species would require. If you'd like, I could email you a
photo tomorrow (it's pretty dark outside tonight already!).
I'm guessing this plant is mislabeled, misnamed (or otherwise
confused), do you have any other suggestions?
Nan
>At 11:09 PM 6/23/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>Anyone know anything about salvia repari or ripari? Ever heard of
>>Salvia superba 'Snow hill?'
>>
>>Nan
>
>Nan:
>
>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 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.
>
>.
>Richard F. Dufresne
>313 Spur Road
>Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 USA
>336-674-3105
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
