Re: Shade garden help/ Russian sage

Marge
do you remember a few years back when I was having as much trouble with Hollyhocks. I finally gave up on those, however, just the other day my husband and I were taking a walk in the yard and you are not gonna believe this, but back in the fall I set out a small hollyhock plant and forgot it, and "it's alive" I don't want to say that real loud for fear it will die just to spite me. Donna in NE Mississippi zone 7

Marge Talt wrote:

Basically right, Paul. I have found that Salvias with hairy leaves -
the clones of S. officinalis like 'Berggarten' and 'Purpurascens' do
better and are longer lived in my sand bed than in my garden beds
tho' they will, in wet years, get nasty rotting lower and inner
leaves. I need to take some cuttings as they do tend to get really
woody after time. Love those two sages, BTW...

OTOH, my Russian sage is doing just fine in amended clay in what
passes for full sun for me and has surprised me mightily by wandering
around and popping up on the other side of the path...gotta dig
those bits up but don't know where else to put it as I have so little
sun to offer it. No rot on this ever and it's crowded by lots of
other plants in that bed, so does not get great air circulation.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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From: Meum71@aol.com

These plants for the most part take dry conditions, if your air is

hot and
wet they might rot away.

For me Salvia and The Russian sage survive in neglect-no water in

my good
soils, some watering in my sandy-clay. They do not like shade but

thrive
under hot sun.


I think the hot humid conditions are doing them in. Plants with silver and or hairy leaves, tend to dislike humid

conditions.

Paul

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