Re: Phlox Paniculata-Salvia

At 10:04 AM 5/24/00 EDT, you wrote:
 >
><< Hi Kathy, I can't help with your phlox question, but I see you have Salvia
> gregii.  I started some from traded seed this year and just planted them out
> and I know nothing about them.  I take it they're a perennial?  Can you tell
> me anything about them - how big they get, color of bloom, what zones they
> grow in?  Thanks, Linda
>  >>
>Hi Linda, my Salvia is a purple color, but the Gregiis come in red, orange, 
>pinks etc-quite a range. They get about 3 or 4 feet tall , need little water 
>once established and acually bloom at varied times depending on your 
>climate.Mine is evergreen here in Napa but I usually cut it back a bit in 
>Feb. I don not beleive they are hardy beyond USDA zone 8.
>Kathy in the Napa Valley
>
  
Hi, Kathy and Linda.

I've just rejoined Perennials after an absence of a couple of years. Have
been lurking a little to get the lay of the land, but you've stumbled into
one of my favorite subjects - Salvia.  I'm in East Tennessee, Z6b-7a, and
my S. greggii's thrive here.  They don't always come true from seed, so
trading seed from named cv's is chancy, but whatever you end up with you'll
love it. Most of mine have two bursts of bloom, spring and fall, when days
are warm and nights are cool. Those with S. microphylla in their parentage
tend to bloom all summer. I usually cut my greggii's back after the first
flush has ended. They come readily from cuttings so I also overwinter
rooted cuttings of my favorites in case we have an unusually cold winter.

I'd be interested in sources for Salvias. Have ordered from: Plant
Delights, H&H, Sandy Mush, and the now defunct Southern Perennials and
Herbs. Anyone know of other sources? Does Yucca Do do mailorder any more?

Thanks,

Gerry

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