RE: Peach and salmon-colored flowers

---

YES!  My new favorite is a Salvia greggii developed by California grower Danny Takao.  The color is called San Takao, and it is salmon.  I first saw it at a show, and then had to have a couple.  What I have discovered putting it in my front mixed border is that the color compliments everything: it looks great with the lavenders of Tulbaghia and Scabiosa, blends just fine with the yellow of Achillea (which not all pinky colors do), and looks fabulous next to an Erigeron karvinskianus where the salmon makes the pink tinge on the edge of the white petals more noticeable.  Like most greggiis, I’m sure it could be kept trimmed to the size that would cover the legs of a rose bush nicely.

That’s my recommendation.

Karrie Reid

Folsom Foothill Gardener.

Zone 9

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Ben Wiswall
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:54 AM
To: medit plants forum
Subject: Peach and salmon-colored flowers