Where can I find Henry/Augusta Duelberg in DFW?
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Salvia Farinacea 'Augusta Duelberg'
Comments (16)We received rain and cooler(95 degrees F)Temperatures plus several Storms/Hurricanes brewing in the Gulf. Salvia texana is getting really hard to find due to habitat distruction.Salvia ballaeflora rarely produces seed it does not have as wide a distribution as texana or farinacea. The one that is gone here in williamson and Travis Co. is engelmannii. Plenty of S roemeriana and a few coccinea there and there.The other that is hard to run across is azurea var grandiflora. We will keep you posted. Art...See MoreHow do you find different Salvia's?
Comments (5)wantonamara I live in Central Texas also,some other salvias to try are S.farinacea Henry Duelberg or Augusta and try species not horticultural forms like victoria etc they don't make it.Salvia microphylla "San luis potasi",Cherry Queen. Hotlips being from the pacific side of Mexico has different genetics more suited to garden soil and watering as well as some afternoon shade.If you can find it S.engelmannii, lycioides,ballotaeflora,chamaedryoides grow on rock out crops too. In shade S.roemeriana morning sun S melissodora. The x jamensis (Sierra San Antonio etc..) forms don't like it here unless grown from seed S. greggii"Moonglow" is one exception.A relative to S.regla - S sessei does well here also.With more soil and water than Calache...coccinea,mexicana,madrensis,involucrata,elegans blepharophylla,azurea,scabra,darcyi guaranitica Hybrids Indigospires,Mystic spires,Purple Magesty etc.. I have not been able to keep California Salvias alive here but I have more clay than calache. There may be a few I did not list,anyway have fun experimenting!...See MoreI'm giving up on my English Garden dream
Comments (46)a. the tall skinnny evergreen might be sky pencil holly b. salvia greggii & knockouts (already mentioned) are perfect, i think, for those areas - both are relatively zero-maintenance - you'd only have to "climb up there" once a year c. i agree with the comment that the stonework/concrete will increase the ambient heat - native & drought-tolerant is the way to go if you want low-maintenance d. i've got some purple heart, if you want some - they do spread, but not in an invasive way - they're native to mexico & can handle the heat e. there's someone on our forum who describes their style as "native texas cottage" or something similar - who is that? not exactly an english garden counterpart, but similar - is it the orderly, geometric, trimmed "english garden" that you like, or the overflowing, miss marple "english garden" that you prefer? - that would help us make texas-friendly suggestions f. your structure would look wonderful with a local native flowering vine - have you already told us what part of texas? - that would also go a long way in lowering the ambient temp...See MoreCollecting local wildflower seeds/bulbs question
Comments (27)The crinum by the ditch is a good example that others may also enjoy it, and would be saddened to see that one day, it disappeared. Of course, we can't stop someone else from doing it, so it might very well be us who have lost the enjoyment of seeing it. In my case, I had a recent situation about this, too. A neighbor's brugmansia grows on the outside of his fence, accessible by the sidewalk. Last fall, I had thought to snip off a branch or two and try to root them for my own plants, but I thought how the owner might feel to see his branches snipped off, even if I thought I was careful in making it inconspicuous. Well, a few weeks ago, I noticed that he had cut it all the way down to the ground. So now I regret not asking or taking a few small cuts. Of course, just because he got rid of it doesn't mean I had any reason to take some for my own, but it's definitely one of those situations where you think how you could have taken a bit of the plant earlier and no "apparent" harm would have been done. But often times, we think there is no harm, except for the fact of sometimes not asking the owner first, who might very well notice and exclaim, "Hey, someone cut my plants!"...See Morecarrie751
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9 years agoIndigo spires do sprawl a bit once they get a good size. Attached are my Henry duehlberg salvias.
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