ooooooooooooooo!! I'm so jealous LOL!
Good job :D

Vera

Here's mine in a pot.------

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Mine didn't germinate when winter sowing, so I had direct sown a load in compost. I was thinking my stash was skunked, since the calyxes I harvested previously had gotten moldy. Well, they germinated like gangbusters, and are so crowded, but I'm leaving them be. I also watered them every once in a while with fish emulsion, which gave them the boost they needed; some that I had moved aren't even half the size of these guys, which are about 2'-3' tall. I noticed the first sign of blooms last night. I'll post a pic when I download.

pretty!grown in the pot.

Mine is just barely taking off now, and is about 6" tall, I'd say. But it's not a lost cause!!!

most of mine are still about 3 inches tall. one is about a foot tall. i lost a lot to snails. do ya'll pinch yours back? or just let them be.
Tanya

Duane! That is soooooooo pretty with that purple flowering base. What is that beauties name?

Vera

Here's mine...still little, but clearing the catnip and pennyroyal that had grown up around it helped, I think.

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I am so glad to hear that others 'Yvonne's Salvia' are still on the shorter side. Mine have been reluctant to grow much- even with all the heat we have been having here. They look quite healthy- but MUCH smaller than I had expected-
I wonder... (this borders on heresy in this forum) if they behave like amaranthus- who HATE to have their roots bothered at all when transplanting (You should have seen my 3"- yes inch- 'Love Lies Bleeding' a few years back blooming it's little head off, FYI-seed sown from that plant grew normally the next year- bummer)- and might be better suited to direct sowing... I hope I will get seed from my yet to bloom plants- and can test this theory.

I received some seeds (thanks June!) but I'm not sure when to sow them, winter summer or 'whenever', what's the verdict?

Vera----that is blue lobelia.
Duane

My Yvonne's salvia, WSown (well, early spring?), are doing well. The tallest are about 40 inches now. I took these pics this morning.

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Karen

Wow!
Karen,
I hope mine get to look like that!

Linda

Karen, they are looking better and better!! And really getting bigger!

Way to go!

PV

I don't think I'll have 6 footers like Yvonne's and Emily's, but they're still the biggest, best, prettiest annual salvia I've ever grown.

I'm hoping to save some seed and get similar results with those.

Karen

I am bummed, my Yvonne's salvia didn't germinate at all. So I don't have any! I am hoping I can get some seed and try again next year. In fact I am so enamored of Gottagardens red border, that I am gonna try my own version! My DH is putting up a picket fence for me this fall, about 40' long along the driveway. I plan on putting a 3'deep bed on the outside of that fence. And would like to make this my red border!

Lots of work! but fun!
Jenny P

OK; mine are starting to bloom, and the short blooms aren't deterring the hummers! I wish I could've gotten a hummer shot, but no luck, so this will have to do, for now...

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They're about 3.5' tall. I was feeding them with liquid kelp, not fish emulsion like I stated above. I dug up a few plants and moved them elsewhere and never fed them. Those are only 1', and no blooms. The compost and kelp gave them the boost they needed, for sure. I wish I would've kept on feeding them; they'd probably be 5' by now. I only hope the flower stalks grow taller, which they should. I thought them being so crowded it would hinder their height, but apparently it didn't, since the one footers are far from crowded.

In the front, I planted another annual salvia (shorter/narrow/pointier foliage), so don't be confused by the different foliage.

I'm definitely doing the compost/kelp thing again next year...

Ok everyone,poor ole moonphase doesn't have any yvonnes seed..lol Hopefully I will get some when we start having the large trades.I am signed up for the cottage garden swap hint if any of you are also signed up.Everyones is beautiful and I look forward to having a big patch of those that I can grow for alot of yrs.
moonphase

Can I get in line for seeds too? Those look great and I'll bet the hummers just love them!!!

glo

There is a Yvonne's Salvia Group on Yahoo. That's the best place. You can join. It's is run by Emily, and she distributes seeds. Hers grow into 6 footers, and she has pictures posted on the group site. She posts a notice, I believe, when her seeds are available.

Karen

What is the most effective and easiest way to germinate the seeds?

Thx

Wish someone that has exper. in these would post. Would like to know myself.

I wintersowed half of mine April 2, the other half April 22. Both germinated in less than a week. They topped out at 48 to 50 inches.

Karen

I also WS mine in early Apr. , do not cover, and spritz with water. done.
Duane