SUPER SALVIAS

Some from the garden today :
Stormy pink

Hot lips...only just showing white - been all red up until now

Pink...can't remember its name


Nachttvlinder

Jenny namaste

 

Has only just started flowering but I already love it, Salvia 'Icing Sugar'!

Nick

 

Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'.............
Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii' by longk48, on Flickr

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

Salvia sclarea var.turkestanica by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia sclarea var.turkestanica by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia elegans has just started putting out a few late blooms (it is generally a winter/spring bloomer)..............
Salvia elegans by longk48, on Flickr

I'm going to include Monarda didyma on this thread as it is a very close relative..........
Monarda didyma by longk48, on Flickr

 

That's a bit like saying this is me, but I'm going to show you a picture of my granny, because she is a close relative.

 

Seeing this thread again reminded me, my favourite flowered at the start of the month, 'African Sky'. Don't think I'll ever bother with another tender one but I just love this one's colour!

Nick

 

Salvia bedding plants from Asda 2020 = RESULT
Salvia seeds from Fothergills 2021 = what a pile of shxte

 

Salvias doing well this year seem to have enjoyed the warmer than usual weather.
Salvia microphylla Hybrid


Salvia napifolia


Salvia microphylla "Kew Red"


Salvia greggii seedling

 

Salvia darcyii

Salvia arizonica

Salvia elegans

 

It's a lovely Salvia but it wasn't hardy enough for the Cotswolds when I grew it.

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

Salvia 'Salmia Deep Purple' by longk48, on Flickr

This small Salvia popped up - probably a gift from the birds.............
Salvia noid by longk48, on Flickr

 

I like the gift.

I bought a pink/red Salvia microphylla and it has bloomed and the flowers died. Trimmed back waiting for rebloom. My S farinacea has bloomed non stop since last Autumn even through our cold snap and now 30c+ weather. Strange.

 

Amistad, I leave it in the ground now and comes back to 5ft from nothing.

 

Someone gave me this, any guesses.

 

Not yet!

Salvia dolichantha..............
Salvia dolichantha by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia dolichantha by longk48, on Flickr

 

Too late, its S. sagittata.

 

Are you sure it's a salvia? Only thing I can think of which even vaguely resembles it is S. sagittata, but they're not quite the same!

salvia sagittata - Recherche Google

Nick