SUPER SALVIAS 2018

Salvia greggii "Blue Note" is very late to bloom this year..............
Salvia greggii "Blue Note" by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia gauranitica 'Black and Bloom'
Salvia gauranitica 'Black and Bloom' by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia coerulea............
Salvia coerulea by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia coerulea by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia elegans continues to bloom despite the warm weather.................
Salvia elegans by longk48, on Flickr

 

I was about to ask about that - it looks nice. What species is it and is it hardy?

 

Thanks
I'll probably give it a go.

 

Salvia patens............
Salvia patens by longk48, on Flickr

 

Salvia greggii Icing Sugar has only just started to flower.
If we get a Hummingbird Hawk Moth in the garden, this is the one plant it will go for.

 

Salvia coerulea is a winter flowering species but it is still looking really good..........
Salvia coerulea by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia coerulea by longk48, on Flickr

According to Robin Middleton young plants (this was a cutting taken late last summer) will flower early but he made no mention of them blooming out of season. It did try over the winter but I cut the blooms off (as they never look very good in the depths of a UK winter) and kept it in an unheated greenhouse to try to save the flowering season until spring when there is more light.

 

Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica..............
Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica by longk48, on Flickr

 

Salvia 'Love and Wishes' is probably my favourite non species Salvia. A real gem............
Salvia 'Love and Wishes' by longk48, on Flickr

It's a shame that it is tender.

 

Some really beautiful Salvias there...sadly I only have a couple of common var. but I will surely keep an eye open for the above over time..Thanks for posting everyone.

 

Thanks for the info @KFF nice one

 

A couple of winter blooming species that are still producing blooms;
Salvia gesneriiflora is struggling with the heat as a lot of the blooms are slightly deformed or the colour is washed out but it still produces some good 'uns..............
Salvia gesneriiflora by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia gesneriiflora by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia coerulea is better though.............
Salvia coerulea by longk48, on Flickr

 

Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica is a summer bloomer but this single plant is by far the best that I've ever had - it's huge.............
Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica by longk48, on Flickr

 

Check out Ebay BigC for salvias. Wasnt a regular ebayer but there is a large range of salvias available and cheaper than most other suppliers
Ive had some unusual varieties from them....I grow some 20 or more different salvia varieties and many were from an ebay supplier

 

I will do @Verdun ..thanks...I have wrote down a few that I like from this thread to keep an eye out for.

 

Ebay is even better for seeds. The best way to get the rarer species.