Native Salvia?
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Comments (9)This is on my "wants" list!! I would love to try some! If you can spare enough for a 4'x4' square (16 good plants) that would be awesome! If enough for two squares, even better! Please check my list, I have a pretty good variety of heirloom tomatoes and some other heirloom veggies, herbs, and tall zinnias that are great for cutting. Also, by "purple echinacea", do you mean traditional purple coneflower? I have that too... Lori Here is a link that might be useful: Vikingkirken's Trade List...See Morehybridizing california native salvias
Comments (5)This particular hybrid is one I found by the trailside out in the local mountains. Same cross as starlight but this one is somewhat different, tall, lanky and much more open than starlight but with similar leaf texture, not flowering so profusely as starlight. I do have a few S. starlight pups, one probably hybridized with S. 'pozo blue' and another likely with S. clevelandi 'Winifred Gilman'....See MoreNative Salvia San Diego area
Comments (9)Our elevation was about 1140 ft. at our old home in Temecula. If you're lower, in S.D. or O.C., then the salvias will probably flower sooner. "Dara's Choice" grew fabulously on my native plant slope. The slope faced the wrong way (west and northwest) for the things I really wanted to grow, but "Dara's Choice" grew well in shade/sun situations. It was also the easiest of the Calif. native salvias to grow from cuttings. I had moderate success with S. clevelandii and S. apiana (which was easier from seed). We also had a couple of S. spathacea, which is not native to the Temecula area. One grew under a tree in front of the house. It got winter sun when the tree was leafless in winter, and it got shade during summer when the tree was leafed out. Alas, when I drove by my old house recently, the S. spathacea in front had been removed....See MoreCA native: Salvia apiana
Comments (1)I've successfully grown it in similar conditions....See More- 8 years ago
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