RE: Favorite Salvia?

Hi Marilyn,
those sound great - I love tall plants, if I can look them in the 
eye, so much the better!
Cheryl
>Hi Claire,
>Yes I have visited his site and was on the Salvia email list for a time
>where he is a regular contributor.
>You might be interested in some of the species Salvias from eastern Europe
>(maybe zone 4?) I grew from seed.  They are budding and blooming for the
>first time.  Most have thick textured leaves and are standing nice and
>straight without staking.  One that is budding up now is pushing 41/2 ft.
>tall and has leaves about 8" across x 10" long - nice dark green, heavily
>textured.  The flower buds are the size of juice glasses and still
>enlarging!  I can't wait to see what this puppy is going to do!
>The hard part is that during the winter, the tags for much of what is in the
>"hell strip" disappeared or were broken so I'm not sure which Salvias are
>which.  :(  Eventually I should be able to match up them up with the little
>ones that are still in nursery pots and are correctly labeled (assuming of
>course that the seed was correctly labeled).
>In past years I have done the same thing with species Campanulas and also
>hardy Geraniums.  It's a nice way to learn about the different species in a
>particular genera.
>
>So many seeds, so little space!
>
>Marilyn Dube'
>Natural Designs Nursery
>Portland, Oregon
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of ECPep@aol.com
>Sent:	Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:03 AM
>To:	perennials@hort.net
>Subject:	Re: Favorite Salvia?
>
>In a message dated 6/6/02 12:25:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>mygarden@easystreet.com writes:
>
><< Debbi,
>  I have been smitten by Salvias and am currently growing about 30 different
>  ones that I started from seed.  Others I have purchased are hybrids.  Here
>  in my maritime garden I rate the Salvias by length of bloom and hummingbird
>  attraction.  There are 3 especially good reds that the hummers & I love...
>>>
>
>Marilyn,
>
>Here is a link for the Johnny Appleseed of Salvias:
>
>  <A HREF="http://www.eclectasy.com/gallery_of_salvias/index.htm";>Click here:
>A World of Salvias Home Page</A>
>
>This is the site of Richard Dufresne who is the Salvia king of the internet.
>I met him once in a nursery and he gave me some plants which he thought
>might
>be hardy in NY and so they have been.  What they look like in bloom, I have
>yet to see.
>
>He can answer any question on Salvia.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>NYS z4
>
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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