Re: red flowered Salvias

Hi Kate -

I am not sure what about Salvia vanhouttei catches your attention - I haven't actually grown this one myself - but here is a list of sages with red flowers that can grow well in our area:

Salvia blepharophylla
Salvia cardinalis
Salvia elegans
Salvia fulgens
Salvia gesneraeflora
Salvia greggii 'Furman's Red' (& other reds)
Salvia microphylla 'Scott's Red' (& other reds)
Salvia regla

I grew a plant I knew as S. fulgens (some say it was S. cardinalis) for years, which flowered only in the fall/winter/spring when the weather was cool. It has large red flowers like the species you mention. I am not sure it would do as well for you up in hotter Sonoma (my plant was down here in Oakland, closer to coastal influence).

Regards,
Seán O.

At 12:41 PM 5/21/2004, Reza wrote:
Hi,

Has anyone had experience with this salvia? I've seen the variety as Vanhouttei and Van Houttei and web searches show it as an east coast ornamental. I've had a request for it in Northern CA and I'm not sure it's worth the trouble to have it shipped.

It's got a bushy growth form, about 1 m in height. Bright red flowers. Any suggestions for a suitable analog?

Thanks, Kate

Kate Reza
Ecologist
Grow Wild!
Sonoma, CA  95476
707-939-7082

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