I read an article about that Salvia 'Dancing Flame.' Its coloring is caused by a virus. I have had seeds germinate of it and they are not the variegated form. I rooted cuttings of it easily though. The virus has never spread to my other plants though. I have an Evening Primrose I found in my mom's yard with the same leaf coloring. It is awesome too!

Salvia flocculosa...

Love the color of that one, Sherry.

No fair that all of these are for warmer zones.... *pout*

SongofJoy said:Love the color of that one, Sherry.

Yes, toni...but there are many that grow well back there that don't do as well for me here.

Toni, I wonder if you could grow them in pots and move them into the garage for winter?

Lynn - No room in my garage w/all my garage crap & cars. Plus I don't have a heated garage.. when I used to drink soda, I would store it in the garage right next to the kitchen door... until 2 12pks of coke exploded from the cold... And if I put 'em in the basement, I'd forget to water them. And I don't do well with potted plants.. I kill them regularly. That's why I like things in the ground. But, you know, if I can get grafted roses that are for zone 7 to grow for me, why couldn't I get these? Other than finding them.. *that's* the hard part!

Maybe lots of mulch, once the ground freezes?
Don't blame you about not wanting to story container plants over winter.

Lynn - that's what I do with my roses. Everything's buried ridiculously deep & then I pile the mulch on top. For the past week, we've had wonderful above-normal temperatures (50-60s), but I needed a picture of a rose graft, so I checked out some of my roses in the front yard (over 130). The mulch is still frozen solid & I have 3" of ice in a shaded spot in my yard.

Wow, to both the frozen mulch and 130 roses. That is impressive.

Lynn - loll... that's just in the front yard. Back yard has over 200. Zero grass, only roses & shrubs. I really need to map it out.. and very few are multiples of the same rose.

I'm really a big fan of Agastache and Salvia since I grew them from seed last year and experienced all the hummingbirds hanging around the deck where they grew. I didn't know to look for "bulbs" under my Salvia Patens Blue Angel so they just perished. Right now I have about 50 seedlings under lights so that I can enjoy them "en masse".

Have a blurred close up from last year when I had only about 3 seedlings survive.

What a beautiful blue that is Teri. How tall does it get?

Ooooh, pretty! Might look nice next to my pink one...if it comes back that is!

Love that blue color!

valleylynn said:What a beautiful blue that is Teri. How tall does it get?

http://www.fbts.com/salvia-pat...

Flowers By The Sea states 32 inches and I'd say that's about right. I thought they were higher, but I always have them in containers.