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Which Salvias should I winter sow? Are any of the ten listed below terrible ideas to start outside in Zone 8a ... maybe bring them up onto the porch when we get hard frosts?
What should I use as guidance for chgoosing WS varieties? Something like "if perennial & hardy to your Zone minus 2"?
Or which Salvias do you sow outside, as opposed to inside, when starting from seed?
I'm new to Salvia, except for killing all the Salvia seeds I started indoors a few years ago (soggy soil, in front of a window with temperatures cycling between 75+ and 55 - I keep the house cold and have not yet bought a heating pad.)
I was thinking maybe try these 10 outside,
winter sowing on top of very well-draining mix with shredded pine bark,
maybe dust just a little vermiculite or grit on top:
Salvia superba "Violet Queen" [P 7a-11] from Hazzards
Salvia x superba (var unknown) [P 5a-10b]
Salvia farinacea "Strata" Dark Blue/Blue-Violet [A] [P z7]
Salvia farinacea "Victoria Blue" [?P 7b-11 as A? good in PNW?]
Salvia transylvanica "Blue Spires" [P 4a - 8b] from Hazzards
Salvia nemerosasylvestris "Amethyst Blue" [P] from Hazzards
Salvia (sylvestris or nemorosa ?) collected from "East Friesland" [P 3a-8b]
Salvia coccinea 'Forest Fire' - Texas Sage - [P Z 8a ] great color and form
. . . is "Forest Fire" the same cultivar as "Bonfire"?
Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph' [A, but maybe P]
Salvia splendens "Yvonne's Giant " red-orange [A / P?]
Salvia lyrata "Purple Vulcan" [P 4a-11]
Any advice for a newbie?
Edited to say:
now I see I should also WS these Lobelia:
Lobelia cardinalis "Cardinal Flower" red, erect
Lobelia cardinalis "Giant Blue" blue, erect
Lobelia siphilitica erect, tall, boggy
but not these:
Lobelia erinus "Crystal Palace" trailing
Lobelia erinus "Cambridge Blue" trailing
Here's my whole collection of Salvia seeds: you can call me a seed head!
Salvia splendens "Yvonne's giant " red-orange [A / P?]
Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph' [A, but maybe P]
Salvia coccinea "Scarlet Sage"
Salvia "Lady In Red"
Salvia coccinea 'Forest Fire' - Texas Sage - [P Z 8a ] great color and form
Salvia 'Bonfire' tall red salvia
Salvia farinacea
Salvia farinacea blue-violet
Salvia farinacea "Strata" Dark Blue/Blue-Violet [A] [P z7]
Salvia farinacea "Victoria Blue" [?P as A? good in PNW?]
Salvia nemorosa "Sensation Rose" [P to z9b]
Salvia nemorosa var? violet [P z4a-7b?] Jonna
Salvia nemerosasylvestris "Amethyst Blue" [P]
Salvia transylvanica "Blue Spires" [P]
Salvia superba "Violet Queen"
Salvia x superba
Salvia lyrata "Purple Vulcan" burgundy, bronze-green foliage [P]
Salvia lyrata, Purple Knockout [P]
Salvia viridis 'Pink' salvia
Salvia viridis 'Marble Arch Rose'
Salvia viridis pink & purple var ? Jonna
Salvia azurea "Grandiflora" [P]
Salvia purpurea
Pineapple sage (A or P in 8a?)
Salvia tiliifolia Lindenleaf sage /Tarahumara Chia, [A]
salvia greggii, 'wild thing'
salvia 'blue chiquita'
Salvia leucantha Mexican Bush Sage [TP]
Salvia (sylvestris or nemorosa ?) collected from "East Friesland"
Corey
This message was edited Feb 3, 2011 7:38 PM
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