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decklife
Rockport, TX
(Zone 9b)
November 5, 2009
08:53 PM Post #7245869
| I've been given several babies from a friend's plant. I'll post a couple of pictures. Are they a salvia? 
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decklife
Rockport, TX
(Zone 9b)
November 5, 2009
08:55 PM Post #7245871
| Another picture. 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 5, 2009
09:15 PM Post #7245930
| It is Salvia coccinea, Texas Sage. |
decklife
Rockport, TX
(Zone 9b)
November 5, 2009
09:32 PM Post #7245987
| Thanks so much! I wonder if these will do better than the other sage I had planted. I'm going to try these in a less sunny spot. |
TomH3787
Raleigh, NC
(Zone 7b)
November 5, 2009
09:36 PM Post #7246001
| I agree that the plant with red flowers is Salvia coccinea, probably cv 'Forest Fire' based on the dark calyces. However, the other two plants in the second picture don't look like salvias - the leaves are too serrate. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 5, 2009
09:51 PM Post #7246043
| The red flowers being Salvia coccinea, and look like the wild plant, rather than a cultivar.
The plant with purple toothed margins could be a Stachytarphytum. |
TomH3787
Raleigh, NC
(Zone 7b)
November 5, 2009
10:29 PM Post #7246152
| Metrosideros- my "wild" S. coccinea (and others that I've seen) have plain green calyces; I guessed 'Forest Fire' because the plant in the pic seems to have dark purple calyces (I've grown it before, it didn't seem as vigorous as the plain species). I was also reminded of porterweed/Stachytarpheta for the other two plants but decided not to mention it because I didn't see any flowers. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 5, 2009
10:53 PM Post #7246234
| Hi Tom! The wild Salvia coccinea in Hawai'i have calyces that are purple or green.
The Salvia coccinea cultivars I'm familiar with, have large flowers. |
TomH3787
Raleigh, NC
(Zone 7b)
November 5, 2009
11:02 PM Post #7246259
| Metrosideros - yes, that was why I wasn't too impressed w/'Forest Fire'; its flowers were smaller than the "wild" species and the plants were also smaller. I didn't realize the "wild" ones can also have variable calyx color... but that's probably how they found FF. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 5, 2009
11:16 PM Post #7246297
| You got it Tom; the cultivars are found in the weeds! |
decklife
Rockport, TX
(Zone 9b)
November 6, 2009
12:52 AM Post #7246542
| My friend thought these were all from the same plant in her garden, but I do agree the flowering one has different leaves. I was thinking the others might be a verbena of some kind, and now I see porterweed is a member of that family.
I have a couple of other babies and will compare the leaves.
I was surprised to see the flowering occur after the uprooting and potting up. |
