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Salvias are a mainstay of summer gardens here. Recently we got this one as 'Celestial Blue', a hybrid from Salvia clevelandii and possibly S. pachyphylla and S.leucophylla.

It doesn't look as red in the calyces as the pics on the interweb, but it might just be this selection - otherwise it's possibly just Salvia clevelandii! It's certainly doing well, so we don't mind whatever it is!

cheers

fermi

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Fermi de Sousa

Salvia chamaedryoides does

Mon, 12/09/2013 - 6:40pm

Salvia chamaedryoides does well in a raised bed in our garden and increases by runners as well as by seed.

It does better when it gets some water through summer but can survive with very little,

cheers

fermi

Mark McDonough

Mmm good, I like both Salvias

Mon, 12/09/2013 - 7:29pm

Mmm good, I like both Salvias, particularly S. chamaedryoides, the combination of silver foliage and blue flowers is a winning combo. I see myself one day going big time into Salvia.

Richard T. Rodich

Really like Salvia

Mon, 12/09/2013 - 8:47pm

Really like Salvia chamaedryoides .... zone 7, sigh....

But maybe Lori has tried it?

Lori S. (not verified)

No, I only have a couple of

Tue, 12/10/2013 - 7:23am

No, I only have a couple of the Turkish salvias. That one's a beaut! I'm sure enjoying your gardens, Fermi - it's clear that you grow EVERYTHING!!

Fermi de Sousa

Well, everything I can, Lori!

Tue, 12/10/2013 - 4:58pm

Well, everything I can, Lori!

This is Salvia apiana, White Sage, which I'm told is used for "cleansing ceremonies"

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa

Another one for the perennial

Wed, 12/11/2013 - 6:24pm

Another one for the perennial bed is Salvia 'African Skies'

cheers

fermi

kmitchell (not verified)

re:Salvias

Mon, 01/06/2014 - 8:36am

re:Salvias I also garden in Australia & have been a member of NARGS for only 2 years. I lurk in the background, not having the confidence to post. But, I love salvias so much, here goes.I live near Sydney but am currently looking for property south in a cooler climate, as our humidity is oppressive, yet our water supply limited. I have a small salvia & rare plant nursery & 1.5 acres of garden & currently grow over 300 different species & cultivars of salvia. Seeing the quality of Fermi's plants makes me wish these American salvias did better for me. Leucophylla is great here, but I've not been game to try 'Celestial Blue'. Some of the Turkish salvias do well here if planted in terracotta & plunged. Taraxicifolia I love for the foliage/calyces that smell like sherbet to me.. Pachyphylla is deadly here, but I love it so I keep trying. Am just about to sow 20 or so new Turkish salvias(new to me that is) so have all my fingers & toes crossed. Kerry

Fermi de Sousa

Hi Kerry,

Mon, 01/06/2014 - 3:49pm

Hi Kerry,

welcome to the Forum!

I'd love to hear about your nursery! Can you send me an e-mail (fermidesousaAThotmail.com - replace the "AT' with the @ symbol) ?

What are the names of the salvias you've posted? The first looks like what we have here as S. daghestanica/canescens and the second like a new one we got last year as "the Sand Sage"! There's plenty of interest in Salvias in Victoria if you decide to head down this way - do you belong to the Salvia Study Group?

30 new Turkish Salvias! I wish you the best of luck and hope to hear more about them in the future,

cheers

fermi

kmitchell (not verified)

Thanks Fermi, Oops! I still

Mon, 01/06/2014 - 7:10pm

Thanks Fermi, Oops! I still need to learn more about posting. I thought if you scrolled the mouse over the photos the names would show. The first is canescens v. daghestanica. The 2nd is the South African Salvia lanceolata. The 3rd is nemorosa/superba (?) 'Snow Hills'. All are terrific, floriferous little salvias that have more cold tolerance than many other salvias.Yes I do belong to the Salvia Study Group-they are a great group. Kerry

Lori S. (not verified)

Hi, Kerry, and welcome! Glad

Mon, 01/06/2014 - 9:16pm

Hi, Kerry, and welcome! Glad you got up the nerve to join us! Love to see more of your plants. The second one certainly is an unusual colour!

"I thought if you scrolled the mouse over the photos the names would show." Yes, that's what's supposed to happen though I don't think it's ever worked for me.

Richard T. Rodich

Hello Kerry!

Mon, 01/06/2014 - 10:13pm

Hello Kerry!

Gosh, with your experience, I hope you will be a mainstay here!

As you know, we have new rock gardeners and experienced ones here.

All are welcome, and all can be valuable contributors!

kmitchell (not verified)

Hi Lori, Got lots of lovely

Tue, 01/07/2014 - 6:27am

Hi Lori, Got lots of lovely photos. I have an addiction to plants, not just salvias. The salvias are the mainstay of my garden, but many of them are not alpine or rock garden plants so I didn't think they would be of interest to NARGS members. This 1st photo is Salvia 'Cookie', a hybrid of chamaedryoides, but it doesn't have the lovely silvery foliage but flowers almost all year in my climate.

I uploaded 4 photos as embedded images but they don't seem to be here??? I'll upload them tomorrow as attached images. Kerry

(Moderator edit: Hi, Kerry. I inserted the photos for you. For the photos to show up in the message, you have to place the cursor where you want the photo, then click on "Insert". I also added the plant names below. Thanks for posting! Lori)

Salvia 'Cookie'; Salvia 'African Skies'; Salvia denata; Salvia indica

Longma (not verified)

We love Salvia here too Kerry

Tue, 01/07/2014 - 11:56am

We love Salvia here too Kerry, and so do our bees, . Hope you'll continue to post more information re the species you grow and how best to grow them. We're looking forward to learning,

Fermi de Sousa

Hi Kerry,

Thu, 01/09/2014 - 10:10pm

Hi Kerry,

you might be able to help identify this Salvia which came up in a bed where we'd scattered seed a few years ago; it forms a rosette of foliage and sends up 2 foot stems topped with small purple flowers,

cheers

fermi

kmitchell (not verified)

Hi Fermi, It kooks like a

Fri, 01/10/2014 - 3:15am

Hi Fermi, It kooks like a lovely salvia. The flowers look quite large. There are so many basal type salvias with purple flowers & some are very difficult to tell apart. The elusive salvia hians often turns up with plain purple flowers when it should have some white in the flower. It usually turns out to be przewalskii. Particularly good forms of S. ringens can have flowers this large, but most are smaller & quite weedy . If the foliage is narrow & the growth floppy instead of upright it could be S. transylvanica. I've got 1 or 2 other ideas, I'll ask a couple of friends & see if they concur. Cheers, Kerry

Trond Hoy

kmitchell wrote:

Sun, 01/12/2014 - 9:12am

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Kerry, we are not all solely alpine or rock garden enthusiasts! I for instance am more a woodlander due to my climate although I do like all kinds of plants. Please show your whole spectrum!

kmitchell (not verified)

Sorry it's taken so long to

Wed, 04/30/2014 - 5:34am

Sorry it's taken so long to reply Fermi. Selling our house has put everything else on hold. Maybe the purple salvia is regeliana-the right height & colour, but the individual flowers in your photo look to be quite a bit larger than those of regeliana. Plants in our garden are in flower at the moment. Another beauty in flower at the moment is the Japanese woodlander S. koyame. The flowers are a wonderful soft, buttery yellow & are quite large for a ground hugging plant.

Salvias semi atrata

& sinaloensis also look wonderful at the moment.

Fermi de Sousa

Reviving this thread with

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 5:19am

Reviving this thread with this shrubby South African Salvia africana-lutea (syn. S. aurea)

cheers

fermi

kmitchell (not verified)

Salvia discolor is another

Wed, 10/29/2014 - 3:11am

Salvia discolor is another interesting salvia with unusual colouring. It has very dark navy, almost black, flowers on sticky, silver stems. It hails from Peru, but can be a bit frost tender.

kmitchell (not verified)

Salvia glechomifolia from the

Wed, 10/29/2014 - 3:22am

Salvia glechomifolia from the high mountains of Mexico. Creeping along the groungd it grows to only 30cm in height, will take some cold & has blue-violet flowers through summer.

Fermi de Sousa

Kerry,

Sat, 11/01/2014 - 4:16am

Kerry,

that's a cute little salvia; does it need much water during summer?

Here's another South African - Salvia muirii

cheers

fermi

Lori S. (not verified)

Salvia nutans, grown from

Sun, 11/02/2014 - 12:29pm

Salvia nutans, grown from seed last year, bloomed this July... not one for the rock garden (at over 3' tall) but very nice:

Salvia kuznetzovii - another tall one, not for the rock garden - bloomed in its first season from seed, late this summer. (Funny, last time I looked this name up at The Catalogue of LIfe a couple of months ago, it said it was properly referred to as Salvia pratensis var. caucasica. Now it says Salvia kuznetzovii is the accepted name. Wow, one needs a constant feed to these taxonomic sites to keep up - the names change faster than prices on the stock exchange!)

kmitchell (not verified)

Hi Fermi, S. glechomifolia

Mon, 11/03/2014 - 3:26am

Hi Fermi, S. glechomifolia needs a bit of water if it is in a sunny spot. In Sydney it does better in high shade, where it is survives on no more water than muirii. Regards, Kerry

Fermi de Sousa

Lepechinia salviae is

Sun, 02/14/2016 - 11:43pm

Lepechinia salviae is sometimes sold as a salvia and behaves like one in this newly renovated bed. We got this plant in September and it's over 3 foot tall tall and just coming into flower,