Re: The salvia that ate my garden

At 02:06 AM 5/1/2006, you wrote:

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
Only in containers. Rarely, a S.clevelandii x leucophylla form survives in a benign winter. Even in containers, they are hard to keep because of our subtropical climate. Nights stay rather warm and humid here, causing the plants to try to continue to grow in the absence of light. This is what weakens them.


Richard F. Dufresne
1216 Okeeweemee-Star Road
Star, North Carolina 27356 USA
910-428-4704
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