Salvia - what have you got in your selections? What other plants are on your hit list?

[Verdun]

Longk, I too could be obsessive about salvias. Wow! 50 varieties! I will add a couple more so look forward to your pics

 

[longk]

@longk , I thought I would find you on this thread How many Salvia types do you have approx ?

I currently have about fifty.

Is he the expert on one of the GW's episode.

Not me, I'm no expert. That was probably Robin Middleton or William Dyson.

 

[alp]

I currently have about fifty.

Not me, I'm no expert. That was probably Robin Middleton or William Dyson.

Yes, Robin Middleton! Thank you for the name.

 

[Gail_68]

longk that is beautiful and such a rich colour

 

[longk]

Todays offering is actually in bloom in the greenhouse at the moment - Salvia coerulea.............

It is the easiest of the winter bloomers to grow and it grows ferociously fast as well. It also starts blooming in the winter and will continue until late May/early June.

 

[Gail_68]

Todays offering is actually in bloom in the greenhouse at the moment - Salvia coerulea.............
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It is the easiest of the winter bloomers to grow and it grows ferociously fast as well. It also starts blooming in the winter and will continue until late May/early June.
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It's nice longk but not so striking to me as your other one...as that's a proper eye catcher

 

[longk]

A couple of very hardy ones now;
Salvia glutinosa...............

It can get big though...............

I left Salvia forsskaolii behind when I moved but I've started seeds off this year................

 

[Gail_68]

A couple of very hardy ones now;
Salvia glutinosa...............
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It can get big though...............
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I left Salvia forsskaolii behind when I moved but I've started seeds off this year................
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Very nice plants Longk you always give a really nice capture of your plants

 

[longk]

A couple of my favourite annual Salvia now;
S.splendens 'Yvonnes Giant' is quite unlike those nasty little bedding forms of S.splendens that you buy from garden centres. It can reach two metres in height and is many branched too.............

Salvia algeriensis by contrast only grows to about half a metre at most. Very nice though............

 

[alp]

@longk Love that Salvia algeriensis ! A bit pastely. Never seen it before! Where did you buy the seed/plant please?

And would love to know your camera model and make please!

 

[longk]

@longk Love that Salvia algeriensis ! A bit pastely. Never seen it before! Where did you buy the seed/plant please?

I grew it from seed sent by someone on another forum. If I can find that seed I'll try to grow a few this year

And would love to know your camera model and make please!

It's just an old Nikon D40. Perfectly good on manual settings.

 

[alp]

It' looks so unique plant with interesting lips.. Thank you for the info.

 

[Gail_68]

such a stunning red and eye catcher

 

[longk]

A couple that I lost over the winter of 2012/13 (I think). Minus 10°c did for them;
Salvia involucrata.............

Salvia cacaliifolia.............

Salvia confertiflora...............

 

[alp]

Oh, dear! You didn't take cuttings?

Salvia involucrata has the most amazing new pink/magenta/Padparadscha colour! Love Salvia cacaliifolia, too. So different from the wishes series and the microphylla series

 

[longk]

Oh, dear! You didn't take cuttings?

I did but I lost them as well when the electrics to the greenhouse blew

So different from the wishes series

I've grown all the Wish series. The first one was Wendys Wish and I had one of those for several years.............

A couple of years ago I got Embers Wish. For me it was the least impressive..............

Love and Wishes is easily my favourite. I got that in 2015 and has been the easiest to overwinter hence it being the only one that I keep now.................

 

[alp]

Oh, dear! I'm crying for you. How unlucky were you! I know how you feel.

Love the lips of your rare salvias. I just love the Patens. The blue is so interesting and so is your Involucrata.

I have Salmon Dance which I love very much. Joy is fantastic. I have seen them en masse in a front garden. Gee, the pink was so enchanting. I have some seeds which I need to sow. One is Strawberry Royale, Peter Vidgeon, La Luna (only one seed!) Some other violet/purple ones. I need to do some serious sowing.

 

[longk]

I just love the Patens.

It is about time that I showed some S.patens as it's so photogenic! I can't find a photo of Cambridge Blue but here is Oxford Blue................

Given good drainage and a sheltered spot I find it perfectly hardy even here.

And here is S.patens 'Dots Delight'...................

Typically I bought this in the summer of 2010 and we all know what that winter was like!

 

[alp]

Whoa! It has got a generous lower lip! Amazing!

No idea which one this is. Your photos remind me that I need a new camera!

Dyson's Joy

Ultra Violet

Salvia Ugilinosa

 

[longk]

No idea which one this is. Your photos remind me that I need a new camera!

Have you looked on Robins Salvias? I think that it is something Ice.