Re: Salvia Indigo Spires and ARGENTINE SKIES

At 04:17 PM 9/27/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Trevor ...
>
>Forgive me, but I'm not sure what your questions were, exactly. If you
>are asking about Salvia guaranitica? "Agentine Skies," I have no
>experience or general knowledge regarding this plant. Same with yucca
>arkansana, which I think you also were wondering about.
>
>I have S. guaranitica "Black and Blue." Although it survived
>(surprisingly) our December hard freeze, it's not performing as well
>this year as last year, the first year I grew it. I think it's got a
>mineral deficiency of some kind — the leaves are not the right color
>green. I (and other listers) might be able to give you some answers
>about S. guaranitica culture, if you ask specific questions. Richard
>Dufrense is our resident salvia expert on the list. He seems to have
>hundreds of salvias under his care. However, some of us other listers
>can provide useful information about growing salvias in climates
>different than Richard's.
>
>Most questions about salvia culture can be answered in Betsy Clebsch's
>"A Book of Salvias" (Timber Press). It is a wonderful up-to-date
>reference book with lots of great color photos.
>
>Best,
>
>
>Paul Harrar

Paul:

There is also John Sutton's `The Gardener's Guide to Growing Salvias', also
from Timber Press.  I just reviewed it for the forthcoming Rock Garden
Quarterly (NARGS).  It covers more European and Asian Salvias than Betsy's
book.  His experience is based on English conditions, with some references
to the south of France as well.  There is about only a 40% overlap in
species covered.



Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, NC  27406
336-674-3105
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