SUPER SALVIAS - 2021

Oh yes .... let's hope so. They look gorgeous in your pic. Have just ordered some salvia farinacea seascape seeds and hoping for some good results. I haven't tried growing salvia from seed before though. I had the common red annual salvia last year bought as plug plants and the colour just popped for months and months ...... Red isn't featuring in my colour scheme this year though so trying the purple/silver combo.

 

Most salvia are easy from seed.

 

Come on you lot, post some photos of your salvias! I know many of you here grow them and I desperately need my annual fix of salvia porn!

Salvia 'Caradonna' just starting to flower with Astrantia 'Roma' and Geranium cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' in the background. Then Salvia 'Nachtvlinder', I like the way the flowers look with the foliage of my newly-planted actaea but it seems to have a high population of froghoppers on it this year, are they ever detrimental to salvias? I only seem to get them early in the flowering period.

Nick

 

My Salvia sensation rose

 

@Nikolaos Mine are only just getting going; Amisted in the cold greenhouse is just coming into flower. The large Salvia corrugata, outside since 2017, didn't come through the winter it may shoot in a month or so, but I'm not hopeful fortunately overwintered some cuttings under cover.
The only exception to the late start are the Salvia microphylla varieties "Kew Red" in particular is a mass of flower. Picture to follow later.

 

Ooh that is nice @Lindsey244, a pink nemorosa! Bet it looks stunning in full flower! I didn't have a pink salvia so I went with Salvia greggi 'Icing Sugar' recently, can't wait to see what it looks like IRL!

Buy Salvia Icing Sugar - Salvia greggii plants from Norfolk Herbs

Nick

 

@NigelJ So it's not just me then Nigel, my Salvia 'African Sky' is usually in flower by the very start of June and often in late May, no sign of a single flower yet!

Nick

 

Everything is so far behind this year that my Nachtvlinder has only just opened its first blooms today which is about six weeks late.............
Salvia microphylla 'Nachtvlinder' by longk48, on Flickr

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

Salvia greggii 'Joy'.............
Salvia greggii 'Joy' by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia 'Salmia Deep Purple'..............
Salvia 'Salmia Deep Purple' by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia gesneriiflora...........
Salvia gesneriiflora by longk48, on Flickr

 

Wonderful selection of salvias @longk, I particularly like greggi 'Joy', that's rather gorgeous!

Wow, can't believe that, mine has quite a few flowers already and I'm in Nottinghamshire, I would have expected yours to be a fair bit earlier in Oxfordshire!

Nick

 

There are still a few to come. I agree about 'Joy', it is a gem. It is a cutting in its first full season but next spring I'll take some cuttings - I mark one up for you if you haven't got one by then.

You'd be surprised, we all too frequently record Englands overnight low in this area. -6°c was the low this year on several nights.

 

I actually bought a salvia plant a few weeks ago, not grown any for years. I will put a picture up when it flowers.

 

Salvia microphylla "Kew Red"


Salvia microphylla wislizeni

Salvia "Amisted"

 

Cant remember the name, I call it Salvia Black and Blue.

 

Salvia arizonica

Salvia "Amisted"

Salvia guaranitica "Black and Blue"