Re: Mexican Sage-hardiness?
- To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Mexican Sage-hardiness?
- From: "* H* <c*@saltspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:00:32 -0800
Thanks guys for all the Mexican sage info, now all i need to know is how to
get some. I don't think its available in this part of the world(B.C.'s
Gulf Islands- northern part of the San Juans). If anyone could somehow get
seeds or cuttings to me i'd be happy to pay.
Brian
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> From: Debbie O'Donnell <dville@mindspring.com>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Mexican Sage-hardiness?
> Date: Monday, January 19, 1998 6:14 PM
>
> 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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