Re: Planting something native

Another frustrating thing about wanting native plants is that they are
frequently not identified as such---  I was visiting a
nursery-attached-to-a-hardware-store in Northern California and there was
Salvia mellifera  (CA Native Black Sage) sitting there with all the regular
nursery supply of flowering salvias. It was not flowering and most people
shopping probably did not notice it, much less know what it was. It had a
name tag, but no other information.  I have noticed this phenomonem other
places, too.

Also, cultivars of native plants get sold under their trade name, and their
native status gets lost.  Native Sons Nursery is marketing a cultivar of
the native Verbena liliacena (itself a great garden plant, but large) under
the name
Verbena 'De la Mina'.  It is lower growing and blooms more, they say.
Jane

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Jane Reese
E-mail:  jreese@silcom.com
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