Re: Salvia repari or ripari
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Salvia repari or ripari
- From: b*@cuci.nl
- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:30:52 +0200
Nan, could you send the foto to me too?
I have the plant here too and in flower this could resolve some
intercontinental confusion.
At 20:42 -0700 24-06-2000, Nan Sterman wrote:
>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?
>
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