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Re: Is it Ditney of Crete?

At 09:09 AM 3/17/98 -0700, you wrote:

>Rich -- I'm so jealous everytime I see one of your messages.  I spent my
>youthful college years in NC and loved every minute of it!  Thought I'd
>never return to So. California.  Alas.....  How do you make it through the
>winter with your salvias and other perennials?  Are they all in a
>greenhouse or do you dig them up?
>
Yes.

Mostly to the first.  I take cuttings for the rest.

>By the way, do you know of references or culture info for S. forskaohlei?

This is a native of SE Europe and Turkey.  It is hardy and self-sows a bit,
even here in North Carolina.  Seed is a little difficult to collect, and
does not germinate evenly (for me).  It can be divided.  Mostly, I harvest
volunteers.  In California, it naturalizes in gardens like Western Hills.

It definitely has commercial uses as a landscaping plant, if seed collection
and germination can be improved to make it more accessible.

It is closely related to S. glutinosa, and, I think, S. nubicola and S. koyamae.

Rich Dufresne
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