Salvia 2015/2016

[meanie]

I grow Salvia Wendy's wishes and yours is darker ; very easy for cuttings

Wendys Wish is one of my favourites and is still going strong at my old house in a lovely sheltered spot.

"Amistad" was a cutting last year and was overwintered in the greenhouse as well as spending a large part of spring in there too. It has flourished and is now in bloom............

[meanie]

A few more;
S.radula................




The boggo standard S.microphylla...............


Out of all of the S.microphylla, x.jamensis and greggii hybrids and cultivars Royal Bumble is probably my favourite for it's fantastic pure red (thanks HansJ).............


Embers Wish..............


Finally, Love and Wishes has probably been the plant of the season for me. It is a real good looker too..............

[ChrisB]

Just discovered this salvia thread, have enjoyed reading all the comments. I got S. Love and Wishes recently. It's got superb foliage I must say, and great big flowers. Will be interesting to see how it performs next year planted in the garden in a free draining gravel bed.  Does anyone grow S. chaemedroides by chance?  I managed to lose it under something else after having it many years and would love to get it back if possible. I keep most salvias outside here with my sandy soil but obviously lose one or two here and there.  Will post a few pics when I get chance to take them between raindrops...

[meanie]

Does anyone grow S. chaemedroides by chance?  I managed to lose it under something else after having it many years and would love to get it back if possible. I keep most salvias outside here with my sandy soil but obviously lose one or two here and there.  Will post a few pics when I get chance to take them between raindrops...

I've never grown it. Like the look of it though. Look forward to your photos 

A couple more;
S.radula............




And one of my real favourites - S.oxyphora.............

[Robert]

Just discovered this salvia thread, have enjoyed reading all the comments. I got S. Love and Wishes recently. It's got superb foliage I must say, and great big flowers. Will be interesting to see how it performs next year planted in the garden in a free draining gravel bed.  Does anyone grow S. chaemedroides by chance?  I managed to lose it under something else after having it many years and would love to get it back if possible. I keep most salvias outside here with my sandy soil but obviously lose one or two here and there.  Will post a few pics when I get chance to take them between raindrops...

We grow Salvia chaemedroides here in Sacramento, California. It has never preformed well in our garden or most other gardens in our area. The gray foliage is attractive, even the blue(y) flowers are nice, however it generally grows very stringy and does not look right. Maybe our climatic conditions have something to do with its poor plant habit in our area. Maybe there is just a poor clone circulating in our region?

Meanie,

Salvia "Love and Wishes" is very impressive! 

[meanie]

Another shot of Salvia oxyphora as it fills out.............


Salvia coccinea..............


Back in November of last year I had to have my cat of 21 years, Sage, put to sleep. In spring I planted her grave up with several Salvia...............

[Robert]

Back at home and many of the Salvias are in bloom.



A chance seedling of Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red' came up in one of our garden beds. It is not in the best location. It will stay put and I will work around it until it dies-out this winter.



Salvia chiapensis  For us it is important to keep them well composted. They want to grow and bloom all year, but they need ample feeding to do this.



Salvia sinaloensis  If I do not keep them well feed they stop blooming. This plant has been well feed with compost and is rewarding us will many flowering stems.



Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue'

[David Nicholson]

It's getting a bit late in the year but still plenty of flowers on my Salvias and I needed a record for my files. Not easy plants to picture I find, but here we go.

Salvia 'Trelissic', from Dyson's Nursery at Great Comp a couple of years ago.
Salvia ''Dyson's Joy', again from Dyson's Nursery

[David Nicholson]

.... and a third.

Salvia greggii 'Stormy Pink', not sure where I got that one from.

[Robert]

Hi David,

A lovely set of Salvias! 

Here in California the Salvia greggii / microphylla types can become rangy after a few seasons in the ground. Do you shear your plants in the spring to keep them looking nice? Maybe with your climatic conditions this is unnecessary?

[David Nicholson]

Oh, thanks Robert.

I think my soil is pretty rich and is certainly moist and the Salvias seem to love it. S. greggii 'Stormy Pink' is certainly rangy and to a degree is thuggish, but gets by on her looks Late last Autumn I gave her a good shearing, not realising that this should be done in Spring but she hasn't suffered as you can see. I shall shear them all next Spring. I also have one Salvia in a pot, I forget the name now but will check it out when I get into the garden later, a beautiful dark blue, that has been a bit of a disappointment. It flowered nicely for quite a few weeks and I then cut off the spent flower stems but it hasn't flowered since.

[David Nicholson]

The one I referred to above is Salvia 'Nachtvlinder' a couple of poor pictures below.

Also below is S. muelleri.

[Cfred72]

Here are three of my Salvia.

1) Salvia greggii 'Salmon Dance'


2) Salvia 'Pink Mulberry'


3) Salvia uliginosa

[Hans J]

Hi David ,

sorry to correct you ...the right name is Salvia "Nachtvlinder"

This is a breeding from Frank Fischer :
http://www.franks-salvias.de/glossar-n.html

I have shown a Picture here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13186.msg333684#msg333684

Hans

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for that Hans. I do tend to write my "v's" as "u's".

Did you find it wasn't as floriferous as some Salvias? Maybe I need to release mine to the garden?