Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:45:30 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: JAMES FELLEY Subject: Blue Salvias Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Last week there were several posts about Blue Salvias, motivated by the fact that these were the flowers that the Ripley Garden hummingbirds were utilizing in November. I emailed Janet Draper, the Ripley gardener, and got this response: ++++++++++++++++++ Hi Jim -- the blue salvia is Salvia guaranitica ..the anise sage. it is not reliably hardy in most gardens outside of DC so often it is sold as a 'temperennial' -- (non-hardy perennial) It is very easy to propagate from cuttings or to overwinter a piece of the plant inside just to be on the safe side. it has been reliably hardy for me in the Ripley, but we are very protected... anyway, there are lots of cultivars also... such as Black and Blue... but I have found that the species itself is the best bloomer. availability: at the better garden centers... hope that helps - janet ++++++++++++++++++ This seems to duplicate the info given last week, but I thought it might be good to get Janet's input Jim Jim Felley Smithsonian Institution felleyj@si.edu ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================