Re: Re[2]: Salvias
At 09:47 AM 9/29/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Aha! So this is a case where deep planting is desirable? We are in the habit of
>planting most things high here since we've huge problems with Phytophthera.The
>other problem with the S. madrensis may be that it was a fall planting and
>hadn't enough time to establish a full root system. What other Salvias are
>caudex forming in this way?
Deborah:
Lots of them, especially amongst the Mexican species. The S.
involucrata/puberula forms, S. guaranitica forms, Ginny Hunts' blue one
from Michoacan.
The Old World basal rosette species like S. pratensis form a dense crown
with numerous taproots, making mature plants hard to transplant.
Others form rhizomes or underground stems, like S. blepharophylla, S,
oresbia (= darcyi), S. uliginosa. S. glechomaefolia, S. sinaloensis, and S.
buchananii form dense clumps.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, NC 27406
336-674-3105
