I guess it's personal choice,they look great in front of a dark purple plantingf

ge1836 said:I guess it's personal choice,they look great in front of a dark purple plantingf

I was thinking dark purple as well with perhaps a bit of silver or yellow.

Just got this.
http://www.gardeninggonewild.c...
I like Tobins Exploded Earth best.

That is very cool. I love the Philly Flower show!!!

Hi All,
This is my very first post to this awesome website.

I would have to say that Wendy's Wish Salvia would be my favorite long blooming perennial. I just discovered this plant last year and planted 4 in my Florida, zone 9a garden last Spring.

I planted them just under the outer edge of some tall trees in my new shade garden. They were an immediate favorite of my hummers and sphinx moths. Even with 90 degree plus summers (we really only have only 2 seasons: summer and winter), extremely high humidity, several hard freezes and 20" of rain this winter (usually winter is very dry here) they have bloomed non-stop since planted. My newly arrived hummers have started feasting on them again :)

I picked up 3 more this past week :)

Rhonda

Rhonda!

Where are you located?

Williston, Florida....small rural community of horse and cattle ranchers, farmers and good people :)

I just added the info to my profile. Thanks for the reminder.

Welcome, Rhonda. I'm a lover of Wendy's Wish as well. I hope mine survived our long, nasty winter but I'll buy it again if it didn't.

Thanks for the welcome, Arlene in Georgia :)

Arlene in NY...I hope your plants make it. The entire North has had an awfully brutal and long winter. Wendy is supposed to be hardy to zone 8, but I've found that micro climates in our yards can sometimes allow for pushing the zones.

Thanks, Rhonda. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. It really is one of those wonderful plants for garden and the hummingbirds do love it. On my notes for the plant I just saw "hardy to 25F". Many days this past winter we were around zero so I guess I will be buying it!

@rvird01

Thanks for the tip about the salvia, I have a couple and I am always looking for ways to attract hummers to the yard.

Welcome to ATP Rhoda.

I'm adding that Salvia to MY wish list, Rhoda!

I wish I had a better photo of it for you. Here it got over 5' wide and about 3' tall. It was loaded with blooms all summer and well into fall.


From 2012:

That IS a nice one Pirl.

Thanks. Even when I cut it back hard to get rid of the old blooms, it bounces back immediately.

That's beautiful.

Karen

I think I want one! Do you see hummers coming to it?

Just googled it. I guess it would be an annual for me.

Yes, I have seen hummers but never when I had a camera nearby!

I do treat it as an annual.