SUPER SALVIAS -2017

Salvia microphylla "Pink Blush"................
Salvia microphylla "Pink Blush" by longk48, on Flickr

 

Salvia "Nachtvlinder".............
Salvia "Nachtvlinder" by longk48, on Flickr

 

Second pic is nemorosa ''Mainacht'' and I can`t find the label for the red one .....there was one with ''hotlips'' but that`s not it - I`ve never grown that one. any ideas? The red one has been in flower for weeks.
Afterthought.....could the red one be ''Elegans'' ?

 

Elegans has a strong pineapple foliage smell Tetters .....looks like a microphylla sort. There are scores and scores of these now some very similar.

 

I agree with @Verdun . The calyx looks quite dark, could it be S.microphylla "Royal Bumble"?

 

I cut my Hotlips back so hard it is only growing now, I planted Amistad out which has flower spikes developing, so has nemorosa ostfriesland, Icing Sugar is growing well no buds yet but the creamy yellow jamensis Melen is in full flower.

 

Elegans will be the one I lost then! It was a gold leaf pineapple scented one I bought last year. The flowers were very very late - and then it just gave up the ghost
@longk I shall have to have another dig around and see if I can find the label of the red one I have that does NOT smell all pineappley .

 

Yep, elegans is very tender Tetters .....wonderful pineapple scented foliage and lovely red flowers in late summer.
I have several salvias in flower now....Amistad, Waverley, Love n Wishes, Embers Wish, Blue Note, Violin Music, Caradonna, etc. With loads to open very soon. Such good value plants.

 

Maybe I should settle for some nice violin music then

 

Funny name, I know, but a lovely satiny blue bush ....flowers all summer. Here well into late autumn.
Blue Note is similar but has more true blue flowers

 

Strictly speaking S.elegans is a winter bloomer in its natural habitat but as @Verdun says here it is late summer, autumn and spring blooming if kept frost free.

It is spectacular in pots but in the ground it is something else!

 

"Pink Blush" is in full bloom now..............
Salvia microphylla "Pink Blush" by longk48, on Flickr

 

Elegans in pots near doorways and pathways gives delightful and strong pineqpple scent when brushed against. Mine have flowere already.
However, grow it in the ground and it will do 2 things......delay flowering until late summer and grow into very large bushes, at least 2 metres high and across

 

Here are the last of the spring blooms on my S.elegans............
Salvia elegans by longk48, on Flickr

 

Salvia greggii "Blue Note"..............
Salvia greggii "Blue Note" by longk48, on Flickr