Thanks...it's a great big surprise to me. I had a small salvia nursery in SoCal and salvias just thrive there, other than say, s. patens, which never did well for me. I simple had not thought they would grow here at all....LOL...
I've been trading seeds with Duane 456 and he's in Oregon, farther north than I and inland. I had thought he was maybe providing protection, but now am seeing that mine are doing well with no protection, so I will definitely be sowing a lot of seed soon.
I've been digging out sod for quite awhile now and have created a large area mound where things will go that will need extra care with drainage...some planted into regular beds, some into the mound for saving seed...just in case.
I'm certainly pleased to know that yours have made it through temps that low...especially since I'm determined to not have to baby anything...if 'it' doesn't make it, something else will surely grow in that same space...
