Re: Salvia

Cheryl, why not grow it as an annual?  I do that with 'Indigo Spires'; it
gets enormous, looks like a well established perennial and blooms forever.
Merri Morgan
Zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Isaak" <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: Salvia


> >I once tried S. 'Argentine Skies' and it didn't make it over winter.
> >I saw this at Plant Delights last year in the display garden and it
> >was magnificent.  I think it is marginally hardy where I am and if
> >I'd run across it locally, would have tried it in a pot.  Tony had it
> >growing in a good amount of shade, which surprised me as I thought it
> >required full sun, but maybe it doesn't in the south.  His soil is
> >also well amended sand, which might make a good bit of difference in
> >its winter survival.
> >
> >Really knockout plants when happy.
> >
> >I'd be rather surprised if seed were available for either cultivar;
> >if it did set seed, likely wouldn't come true.
>
> I am so jealous that you have any chance of over wintering salivas.
> Only the very hardiest have a chance here and then only a chance.  My
> Mom who lives on Cape Cod has some luck - she is zone 6B most winters
> and then only barely.  I've seen the "black and blue" and drooled.
>
> Cheryl
> -- 
> Cheryl Isaak
> Londonderry, NH
> AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
> growing, stitching and reading in NH
>
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