Re: The salvia that ate my garden
- Subject: Re: The salvia that ate my garden
- From: Jason D j*@yahoo.com
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:06:57 -0700 (PDT)
Do you manage to keep California Salvias alive there?
If so, what special conditions work? I'm always
interested to hear how California natives fare in
foreign climes. A friend in Nantucket loves our
Quercus agrifolia, Coast Live Oak. I've always
wondered if we could try a Canyon Oak, Quercus
chrysolepis (another evergreen), there, since it's
hardier to cold and heat.
Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- "Richard F. Dufresne" <salvia1@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> At 12:19 AM 5/1/2006, nofsmith@iinet.net.au wrote:
> >Oh Nan, if it's anything like Salvia chamaeleagnea
> in my garden ....no, it
> >will never stop! Some sages just make themselves
> too much at home.
> >
> >Robin
>
> I wish I had your problems - to a degree. South
> African sages melt in my
> subtropical North Carolina garden, especially during
> rainy summers. Many
> of them form a multiplicity of short stolons, and
> the dense basal growth
> promotes rotting, since this impedes air drainage.
> Does anyone have this
> problem with Salvia muirii, which is much more
> compact?
>
>
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