Mexican Sage 'Port de Zorro' (Salvia mexicana)

Mexican Sage 'Port de Zorro'
Salvia mexicana

i like this alot too

Neat pictures; the plant looks luminous or electrified. Thanks for sharing it.

You stole my shot! Very nice, I like the shots that show the surface of the flower.

blondemommyof2 and Toxi, the blooms are fairly large and the color does look electrified. The top part of the plant and the structures surrounding the blooms are a limey green which further sets the blooms off and draws one's eye to the plant even when it is not in bloom. Thank you both for your comments.

This is one of the most beautiful plants I have ever seen. I am new to gardening and trying to learn. I live in deep south Texas, I think it is zone 11. Where could I find one of these plants to see if I could grow it?
Thank you for sharing this beauty.
Normaj

Very brillant ,bet it would look spectatular in a mass planting.

Hazel, this plant is beautiful. The flower is such a brilliant blue. Do you know of any online nurseries that sell it?

I have not found it on any online sites. I bought the plant at Rainbow Garden here in San Antonio. They usually have a few small plants in the spring. No new plants have been started from seed from my plant and I have never been able to start plants from rooted cuttings. I will try to start a cutting for you; however, the cuttings do not appear to root at this time of year. I have had cuttings root in the spring; however, no matter what I do, the cuttings die as soon as it gets hot.

I would love to have a cutting of this beautiful plant! Thank you. Let me know if you are successful. If anyone can do it, I am sure that you can.

I found a dealer for Mexican Sage. I googled Mexican Sage and found "ecrater" who has seeds for sale. You might try them and they don't charge tax. It is a beautiful plant and I will be trying this for my garden. It says zone 8 and above and I'm in zone 6, but I'm still going to try it here.
Marti

Except it's not the 'Port de Zorro' Mexican Sage. There are several kinds of Mexican Sage http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/b/Lamiaceae/Salvia/mexicana/cultivar/0/
and many that they list as rare really aren't that rare.

Porto do Zorro is on this list of salvias for sale from The World of Salvias. It has been a few years since I ordered here, however. This is certainly a lovely plant. Have you noticed hummers , butterflies, or bees nectaring on these flowers?

http://www.eclectasy.com/gallery_of_salvias/plntlist.htm#Abundant%20Plants

clantonnaomi, no root cuttings lived. I will try again if the plant comes back from its roots after this cold winter. It is the first year it has died back since I have had it and I forgot to cover it when it hit about 14 degrees one night. I will be sooo sad if I killed it.

Calif_Sue, are you saying that my plant is not the Mexican Sage 'Port de Zorro'? I know that it goes by another "trade" name; however, that's what it was labeled and I asked the owner of the nursery about it before I bought it.