Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Nearly June pix , 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Hiya, Brent! Where have you been hiding?

I'm gonna whine to you......I got 2 lovely, perennial Salvias from you at hart's. They grew beautifully tall and blooming all Summer. I had not expected it to grow almost 3' tall, so I made a note to move it more to the back of the bed early this Spring--and I did. I dug them up--way before there was any growth showing--And moved them tot he back of the bed in 2 different places. Their root systems were large and everything seemed OK.

Now--here's the "whine" part.......They never re-grew!!!!! Nothing! Nada! What gives???
Can you reassure me that they WERE a perennial? If they were--WHY would they not have come up? I only moved them--like--2 feet away from where they were....

Anyway......I collected seeds from the bloom stalks and sowed them this Spring. It took a while--but most of them came up---then some petered out, but I had about 6 that did OK. I just planted them in a bed where I am trying to establish nothing but perennials.
I call this Maple Tree root-invaded, corner bed my "YUK" bed. They are still small--but i am hoping they will pick up now that they are in a bed--and not a cell-pack.

This picture is from last Summer. Look good--don't they?

Gita