Viewing comments posted by Hortica

Salvia 'Mystic Spires Blue' is a dwarf form of Salvia 'Indigo Spires' (a hybrid between two large Mexican sages, Salvia longispicata and Salvia farinacea). Salvia 'Mystic Spires Blue', comes out of the Ball FloraPlant breeding program and is an irradiation induced sport of 'Indigo Spires'. The cultivar was selected in August 2003 by Scott Trees at a test facility in Arroyo Grande, Calif. This cultivar is more compact because of shorter internodes, and also has smaller leaves than Salvia 'Indigo Spires'.
It was originally registered for Plant Breeders Rights in Commonwealth countries and in the US Patent office as Salvia 'Balsalmisp' and received US Patent PP18,054 on September 18, 2007.
I once attended a presentation by Scott Trees on the origin of this cultivar.