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Re: [SG] Companion Plants--Salvia n. 'Mount Fuji'


At 10:49 PM 7/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Gerry O'Neill wrote:
>
>> One of my other passions is Salvias (perennial kinds, not gas station
>> Salvias)..I don't grow S. nipponica (yet) but I do grow a related
>> species,
>> Salvia koyamae. At the moment it is planted among my hostas, receives
>> a few
>> hous of very early morning sun.
>>
>> There are other Salvias that prefer morning sun that I currently grow
>> in
>> pots, so can't vouch for their performance as hosta companion plants..
>>
>> Gerry
>>
>
>Gerry:
>
>    This sounds interesting but since you don't identify where you
>garden it is hard to tell whether your sucess would apply to my garden
>(zone 5 in upper Ohio). It would be helpful if you identify your
>gardening zone.
>
>Tim Wilson
>Chagrin Falls, Oh
>zone 5
>
Sorry, Tim..Thought I did. I garden in Oak Ridge, TN (about 20 mi west of
Knoxville). Zone 6b or so. S. koyamae is listed by DuFresne as hardy to
Zone 5, S. nipponicum as "possibly" hardy to Z5 also.

Gerry>



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