RE: Half-hardy Perennials


Vivien: does your pineapple sage ever reseed?  I just bought one but you may
have convinced me to move it to the south of the house.  Thanks for your
input.

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the 
flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all 
who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: VBouffard@aol.com [V*@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 7:42 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Half-hardy Perennials
> 
> 
> I wouldn't be without pineapple sage, Salvia elegans.  Its 
> red blossoms come 
> very late in the season (If your season is too short, you 
> might miss out 
> altogether) and its foliage has the most incredible pineapple 
> scent.  I grow 
> it in a protected spot close to the south side of the house 
> to encourage 
> blossoming and occasionally it even winter over.  (It didn't 
> this year, so I 
> just bought a new one today.)  This year I'm experimenting 
> with some other 
> salvias which will probably not be winter-hardy, so maybe 
> I'll find some new 
> favorites.  Last year I had a Salvia leucantha which had the 
> most awesome 
> purple fuzzy buds and wish I had some this year.
> 
> Vivien
> Zone 6, Mass.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
> 

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS



Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index