Re: Mexican Sage-hardiness?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Mexican Sage-hardiness?
- From: K* <g*@primenet.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 19:15:57 -0700
>I live in Southern Indiana, zone 6/6a. I am interested in growing
>Mexican Sage, but I understand it is hardy only to zone 7. For those of you
>who grow this plant, what zone are you in? Do you think it would have a
>long
>enough season in my zone, even if I opted to treat it as a tender perennial?
Teresa, I grow it in Zone 9, in the foothills above Los Angeles. We get
temperatures down to freezing, but not much lower than 30 degrees, and then
only for a few days at a time.
It is easy to propagate by cutting, however, so you could take cuttings at
the end of the season. I had a four inch pot plant grow to the size of a 3
foot tall by 3 foot wide bush in one season.
The arching violet-blue flowers are wonderful. It blooms spring and fall here.
Karen
Zone 9a, Sunset Zone 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@
So.Calif, near Descanso Gardens _\|_|_/_|_|____\|_|_|_|//___
http://www.greenheart.com/karenw/garden
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