Re: Mexican Sage-hardiness?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Mexican Sage-hardiness?
- From: "* O* <d*@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:14:13 -0500
Teresa, I live in zn7 and grow this plant. It is a tender perennial here.
Often overwintering. It just depends on how cold our ground temp gets. Most
years it it fine. I have planted new plants as soon as the last frost date
and the grow to about 4 ft in a season. I probably delay bloom time because
I pinch several times to get a bushier plant. The kind without any white in
it's bloom is a bit hardier. This plant blooms in September. It is a magnet
for butterflies and people stop their cars to ask me what it is. It is
lovely with Mexican heather or the shorter pink/purple cosmos. I have seen
it at Callaway Gardens used as a container plant. I also like to use lantana
at it's knees. It is one of my favorite perennials. It overwinters well in a
sunny window. It will grow roots just fine from cuttings in water or easily
root in a soil mixture.
debbieo zn7
At 10:33 AM 1/17/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>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?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Teresa
>
>
>
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