Salvia Greggii x buds not opening
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Comments (8)I have tried for the past couple years to find local Black and blue but failed. Every year I say I am going to order it but for some reason I don't for hopes of finding it local. LOL. The only salvia I have budding is the verticillata-purple rain but most have stayed green all winter and the Mexican bush sage is really springing up. I always get spring buds but no blooms on that one. I wish just one year it would give me a couple spring blooms but it is worth the wait....See Moresalvia coccinea 'Forest Fire' maybe - photo
Comments (14)Christie; I've actually had pretty good luck winter sowing salvias. Last year someone had sent me some red S. guaranitica, but didn't germinate. I tried them again this (thank goodness I didn't sow them all) and they germinated. They look almost like FF with lighter foliage. I never investigate HOW they should be sown, but I'm pretty consistent with covering the seeds with a light dusting of soil. I should've mentioned that sometimes my camera can't take a good picture of red flowers; these were the best shots I'd ever gotten. Sometimes they come out a bit pink as well. I can forget about taking close ups of reds; they generally blur, or the color just radiates, giving me a lousy picture. Once in a while though I do get lucky. Here's the salvias I had winter sown with success: S. coccinea, "Forest Fire" - two years in a row. But, it didn't reseed last year :( S. farinacea - "Victoria", "Wedgewood Blend", & Mealy Blue Sage (tall & pretty). S. nemerosa, "Caradonna", although I don't remember where it is - may have died. S. x.superba - "Blue Queen" & "Rose Queen" S. x.sylvestris - "May Night" (although it looks more like Purple Loosestrife!!!) Salvia ? - "Violet Blue" Salvia "Yvonnes" - spectacular!!! The two that didn't make it: S. lyrata S. farinacea, "Blue Bedder" They were all winter sown between December and April, but my "Forest Fire" was sown very late, on April 30th, as was the red guaranitica. I'm harvesting seeds from both right now (yippeee!), although I haven't really noticed if I had gotten alot or not....See MoreWhat Salvia is blooming in your garden?
Comments (22)Salviakeeper: On Mar 11, 2010, the Salvia eremostachya in the Pinyon Crest area of Riverside Co. were just starting to bloom. In some places the air was pungent with the scent of the foliage. The plant in the photo is at 33.61379N, 116.41519W, 3301 ft. elev. +- 66 ft., close to Hwy 74. You can see it (and many others) from the road, if you know what to look for. But you shouldn't take your eyes off the road :-) The population of S. vaseyi further downhill is in a natural preserve. There's a tiny parking area off Hwy 74 (west side) for the preserve. It's a breeding area for desert bighorn sheep, and now there are signs posted saying the area is closed except for a small part of the year that doesn't include the blooming period. However, there is no physical barrier to entry. S. vaseyi are scattered on the slope south of the parking area. BTW, I forgot to mention that I also have photos in this forum of S. carduacea and S. sonomensis. Look for "Salvia [insert species] in California." I've looked at the Consortium of California Herbaria for localities of S. dorrii, S. mohavensis and S. funerea, but I would indeed be interested in your localities. A couple of years ago I looked in listed localities for S. mohavensis and S. dorrii in Joshua Tree N.P. I found one S. dorrii but not mohavenis. I know there are other places further north. WRT S. leucophylla, it occurs sparingly if at all in Riv. Co. Fires in Orange Co. swept through known populationsm, but I haven't gone there to look. There's a single record in Consortium and Calflora (same plant) in the Tierra Santa area of San Diego. I haven't seen the plant, but I get the impression it's a garden escape, since I've seen no indication of a population....See MoreSalvia Greggii Raspberry
Comments (6)One called Raspberry showed up last year at a local nursery. It was fairly vigorous and bloomed moderately all summer. Another greggii possibly from the same company that arrived with the same lot was named Coral. The latter really impressed me. It has leaves that are very similar to Cherry Queen, deepest green. It put out a steady supply of coral colored flowers that seemed to change with the light conditions. All the examples have died to the ground in our particularly hard winter but I'm hoping. Cuttings from the original plants rooted fairly easily. I would use it at a spring plant sale if it wasn't patented....See Morewantonamara Z8 CenTex
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