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Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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Posted by
ibheri 9 (
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Tue, Mar 6, 12 at 13:27
| I was pretty impressed seeing some pictures of Yvonne's Salvia. Does anyone have some seeds they would like to share? I will be glad to send you the postage.
Thanks,
Indu |
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RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| I've got plenty, my plants did fabulously last year and I collected a ton of seed. You are welcome to some, just send me an email. Here's a pic of my annual patch from last year. The Yvonnes doesn't do this well every year. Slugs LOVE Salvia, so I use Sluggo when the plants are small, no mulch till they got about a foot tall. Mine are growing in partial shade - they would probably do even better with more sun. 
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RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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Indu,
I know someone in N Texas that tried them and she said they just couldn't tolerate our heat.
They had plenty of water, but our night time lows just aren't low enough or last long enough for this salvia. :( |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| Intresting.. some of the pics I saw had hummers all around. I am so tempted to try a few. |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| I think Yvonne's Salvia is a tall cultivar of Salvia splendens developed by a lady named Yvonne. Normally it is grown as a short bedding plant. S. splendens is native to Brazil - hardy only in zones 10 and 11. I don't see why it wouldn't grow in Texas?? Perhaps it would appreciate a little part shade in the south, but here in my northern zone I think it would do best in full sun. The hummers DO like all the Salvias I grow - but they like the Cardinal flower even better, which is the lower right corner of that picture (that is part of my hummingbird garden). |
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It grows but it suffers.
It doesn't get as tall as it does up north, and is very unhappy here in N Texas. Our summers have almost no rain. Our highs are over 100 for weeks on end. Night time lows only in the upper 70s often times only down to the 80s. Its just too much for that particular salvia to cope with. |
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| Hi Melvalena, wow your summers sound pretty harsh! Way too dry and hot for me. We have nice summers up here, but they aren't really long or warm enough for Yvonnes Salvia to max out. Maybe somewhere in between is ideal? Yvonnes will tolerate a little drought, but likes a moist and rich soil. Could be worth a try though, in the right spot. |
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| I wish I could figure out how to upload pictures from the Picasa, cause I just might be able to show you where growing Y. salvia seems to be ideal! Our zone 7 temperate climate on eastern Long Island is sunny all summer and seems have an extended fall growing season (we don't warm up as early as some other zone 7's, but we "keep" the summer longer?) anyway, I've had great success with Y. Salvia here, with it growing well (and tall!) soon as the heat hits (July?) but really coming into it's own in late August/early September and sometimes staying nice through Halloween. I love it in my half wine barrel planters in morning sun, afternoon part sun. |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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nan-6161, were you able to sync to picasa web from your local computer? If so, you should be able to just paste the link in the "Optional link url" text box when you do a regular post. The access needs to be set to "anyone with the link" or something on those lines (exact verbage may be different).
In Houston,we rarely have 100's for several weeks.Yes, it does get upto 100 once in a while. Last yr it was severe drought but I did water every other day, so my garden kind of pulled thru. I have a small lot. |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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Indu,
Perhaps with your lower temps and higher humidity they might do better? Do your night time lows get below the 70s during June thru Sept? Does it stay longer than a minute? There are times when at 11pm its still in the 90s outside!
Once the sun comes up the temps rise very quickly. It just doesn't cool down fast or far enough or long enough to even get tomatoes to set fruit during our summers. I know that if Carrie can't get them to perform well at her place there's not a chance they'll do well for anyone else who has the same temps. I've read of others in N Texas with the same story to tell.
Carrie said they never did get the height our northern neighbors get, and they pouted the whole summer. We have other salvias that do much better than Yvonne's though none get that soaring height Yronne's gets. |
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Maybe we should pull this thread into our TX forum to see how others have failed/lil succeeded.
I don't believe we will have below 70's (mabe a few nights here and there). |
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| yes.. go ahead and post there asking who else has tried it. |
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| Terrene - if you have any seed to spare of Yvonne's salvia - I would love some. Just let me know. Margie |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| Hello Margie, yes I have seeds for a SASBE. Just send me an email. |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| Hi have seen this Salvia on here for some time now, do you have enough for me as well, do you think I would be able to grow them in Z 5....they seem to like hot....I would sent a SASBE for mailing to Canada. Thanks |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| I wonder if it would well in my zone? I saw it for sale several years ago but not anymore. The summer here can be mostly 90 but some 100 degrees days. |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| does anyone have seeds available of this salvia? I would like to locate some if possible. thanks in advance for any info |
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| I've got plenty of seeds left. You can send me an email and do a SASBE. In late April I sowed this Salvia, 'Lady in Red' and 'Coral Nymph', as well as a few seeds from the Salvia 'Black & Blue' (this supposedly doesn't seed true). They have all sprouted and doing well! |
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| Is there anyone here who still has some of these seeds that they can share? I would really like to get some. Thanks. |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| Terrene, I'm going to send u an e-mail for some seeds. |
RE: Yvonne's Salvia seeds ?
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| I would love some Yvonne's seeds. I was growing some of Yvonne's Salvia as well as other Salvias, and my plot in the comm'y garden got dug up. pls let me know if anybody has any, will send SASE. thank you. |
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