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Fri, Oct 29, 10 at 16:23
| Has anyone tried to wintersow this? How well did it do, when did you start it? I love this plant, I bought one at the nursey this spring. In the fall it blooms like crazy, and I would love to ws some this year. Right know it's full of long purple-blue flowers, if I get no seeds before the frost kills it, can I get seeds by hanging it up in the garage, or should I clip some stems know? I also have a pineapple sage and was wonder the same thing about it. Thanks for all your help.
Jennie |
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| I have never gotten seeds on my Mexican bush sage. I have had it for 3 or 4 years, and this year, it is very small. I won't be surprised if it doesn't return next year. I would recommend taking some cuttings. Pineapple sage blooms so late that I have only gotten seeds from it once. I don't have one this year, as it didn't survive the winter - I doubt yours will, either, since you are zone 6. I bought mine at our local garden center. It was considered to be an herb. I bet you could root cuttings of this also, since salvias usually grow very well from cuttings. Becky |
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| Last year I bought a small blooming pineapple sage while on vacation and kept it growing inside so that I could collect seeds. I started the seeds inside this spring but even so it did not bloom before our frost and was a huge plant. This is one that I will not grow again as I can start hummingbird sage which blooms earlier and is loved by our hummingbirds and will sometimes self seed. |
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- Posted by token28001 zone7b NC (My Page) on Thu, Nov 4, 10 at 10:01
| Neither is reliably cold hardy for me in the ground. Half my Pineapple sage plants returned. I have no chance of collecting seeds. We've got a frost in the forecast Sat/Sun nights. This is my first year growing the Salvia leucantha. It's not bloomed and I'm wondering if it will return next spring. |
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