Salvia for shade?

Hello Claire and any who want to jump in here....
    I have been meaning to do my homework for some time now on Salvia. My
wife grows several of them as annuals in her raised beds and they are nice,
indeed. By the way... what is the difference between a sage and a salvia?
    I have a shade garden here in zone 6. Are there any good looking salvia
that actually perform well in shade? Not somewhat tolerate of shade, but
actually prefer shade, rather than being forced into the environment.
    How about some real experience?
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: <ECPep@aol.com>
snip....
> You comment on Salvias is a good one.  There are more and more hybrids
coming
> to market and some species that have yet to be tested in colder climates.
> While the majority are warm or Mediterranean climate plants, quite a few
do
> well for me and suprisingly many rebloom in late summer.  Rebloom is
usually
> silly talk here, that cut back, fertilize and have a second season is not
for
> our zone.  So it has been interesting to have plants that really do easily
> rebloom here.  Maybe some others can volunteer which do well in zone 5 and
> lower gardens.  I leave alone marginal plants more and more but some
Salvias
> are not marginal here if grown on the dry side and with good drainage.
>
> One that reblooms faithfully and is a very strong plant is Salvia
> transylvanica, a good blue flower.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4

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