yep, that ~'spin~ really is into salvias, she has an amazing number of them on her postage stamp property and has deep sixed a few that simply got too big for where they were.
Warning labels should be put on the Clevland and a few others as to the space they will TAKE in a California garden where they can grow year round. teehee
Funny thing, I've already decided [last sprng when I saw them in a yard here in Moab] that I will need four of the Goldflame to replace the rose bushes at the end of my parking strip. Hadn't mentioned it to 'spin and now she's chosen the same plant for her yard. Great minds work alike??? Laughing here in Moab ~Blooms
A hummer garden must
Yep, Crystalspin has definitely outdone me in her Salvia collection. I have 16 and she is WAY ahead of me LOL
-Julie
Julie what is your highs and lows there? I am interested in what zone you would be in.
We are very much like southern California. Highs over 100F but lows to about 40F (on the rare occasion slightly lower but getting snow would be something that might happen once every quarter century here LOL But a short drive up the mountains toward Jerusalem would bring colder temps. We also don't get a drop of rain between the beginning of May til October. We got our first "precipitation" 2 nights ago - woke up in the morning to see several drop marks on the dusty patio furniture ;-). Nothing since. The really rainy season doesn't really start until December (a few showers might happen before that) and the bulk of the rains come in January and February....then sporadic showers over March and April before the dry season starts again.
Zone 10 then ?
I guess so ... honestly I have no idea about zones.
monterey i just love the color of the Berzerkeley
This is the new Waverly Salvia.
It works!
Monterey, you get the most outrageously gorgeous pics of hummers have enjoyed seeing them - watch out tho- that Waverly is another of the salvias that will take all the space you allow it too - especially in Cal where it doesn't stop growing in the winter. Blooms
Containers, everything I have is in one. I have fruit on my Blue Horizon and my Blue Bouquet passis. I am going to be a daddy!
yep, a container would be the perfect answer, can't get bigger than root space will allow. :>))
And you can move them. I create all kinds of looks in my garden and it helps when there is too much sun, or cold, to keep everything healthy
This really is a eye as well as a hummer catcher "Forest Fire" Salvia coccinea
This grew from a 4 inch pot to this in three weeks. 5gal container. I look for pots that are big and kind of over-grown. They take off when I get them home and put them in a big container with some good grow juice.
Monterey just hafta post these before and after of the Lady in Red that was planted by me while at Crystalspin's this spring. She couldn't find her pics when she wrote on 9/26 above. Like yours they just jump to fill the space. here's what it looked like when I finished planting.
AND this is what it looked like in full glory.
That's why mine are in containers. Have you heard of a Salvia named Mullberry Jam? I think that's it.
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3 weeks!? MY GOODNESS!
When I bought it I was buying a gal plant in a 4in pot. That's the deal and they got crazy in the new soil of a BIG container.Same deal with the Black n Blue and all these geraniums.
great color in that pic - Do you loosen the roots a lot when you buy them all root bound like that? and do you do it like on tv with a knife or like me all gentle and kind? :>) Sure got great results.
Oh, that is Lady in Red - the color didn't come out so good. I always have trouble getting the red flowers to be red like I see not like the camera sees. teehee
I put them in water up to the top off the soil. If they are really bad cutting is good. Tough love.I also put water soluable plant food on the new roots. I message the root ball open and away from the center. Putting my fingers slowly into and moving out to spread the roots without too much tearing or damaging. I am trying to make the plant reach out and embrace the new soil so it can become the plant I want it to be without too much shock.
Monterey, do you use containers with holes in the bottom and no bottom "saucer" or are you using pots with no drainage? Just curious as I may try putting some Salvias in pots next summer and would like to figure out ahead of time what would be the best method.
Thanks :-)
-Julie
No saucers, holes straight drainage . In normal weather water when dry 2-3in down. Water till the water comes out the holes.Hot weather when the plants need it to not wilt. That includes dry humidity, not just heat. Saucers pool water and cause fungus , molds etc.I get out my drill on big cantainers and put holes in the sides(bottom), so I can see when the water runs out.
Abutilon "Red" a real must!
Agreed if you let water sit in the saucers. But if you let water run out of the bottom, aren't you also letting nutrients run out? How often do you add fertilizer to your pots with this method?
If you use a time-release it doesn't matter. Once a week or so after you water them,if you use a water-soluable.
Oh MY! My garden would be 50 feet high by now if I fertilized that often! I only fertilize my things once a month adn even at that they are growing like mad!
You can use half-strength or less. I water a lot here when it is 100f less when it's cooler.
Monterey, have you been able to get seeds off your coral trumpet vine? I THINK I have seeds, not sure
Coral trumpet vine?
I thought that is what you had posted a picture of earlier, Sept 26 at, 11:14 pm? I have placed the Goldflame honeysuckle on my want list, but local nurseries don't carry it. We have many, many hummers who would love that one!
That's a Dropmore Scarlet honeysuckle (Lonicera brownii) They should have the Goldflame and the Dropmore in your area. Are the berries seeds? I don't know other then that. Modesto should have the plants if Merced doesn't. Keep me posted at the Dave's e-mail through my site. See ya neighbor anytime! Rich.
Howdy, neighbor! I posted a picture somewhere ....digging......here we are. I am keeping these even though I am not sure they are seeds or not.
I will put the Dropmore on my want list, too, even though I have absolutely no idea where I would fit it in. I have a friend who works at the Greenery in Turlock and generally ask him to special order me anything that I canna find at the OSH and other local garden centers. Hope he can find it! Driving to Modesto (or Fresno) is out, so I have to find it locally. : (
That's just a leaf,wait I'll go shoot a pic of the berries. Done, here is the shot. You don't drive?The plants can be gotten on line too.
Ah, no berries here. I was almost hoping that what is left where the flowers were, in front of the leaves, were seeds. Sigh...oh well, will stop saving them.
I am unable to drive or travel any distance, and have reluctant to buy plants on line, but think I might start!
This is another winner Salvia greggii " Flame" Beautiful and compact(2-2.5 ft.). I bought this in the herb section (4in pot)for half the cost of the gallon plant. When transplanted it became a gallon plant.
Monterey, my favorite is to buy a gallon plant that has enough plant to become three when I get it home. If it's that sort of root system at any rate.
I tell all nursery folk I'm not interested in digging a hole big enough to hold a 5 gal plant. LOL Like you I like the smaller, maybe 4incher as a great start. And tall spindly tomato plants just get buried and all that turns into roots. I love my Salvia greeggi Autumn something or other that's red like yours.
Beautiful pictures, if I may, here's a few of my salvia which was planted in Mayish
