I'm one of
those people who has a seed-starting addiction and doesn't buy many plants. Are there any other like-minded folks here? What are you starting this year? Last year? Planning to start? Wanting to locate?
Here are some I've started this year:
Salvia coerulea, descendants of 'Black and Blue' - from
@mmolyson - 7 up and looking nice
Salvia greggii, descendants of 'Radio Red' - from
@wildflowers - 5 germinated so far
Salvia canescens var. daghestanica - from Cheyenne Botanic Gardens - I sowed the 3 seeds I had; gave up on them; sowed
Oenothera coloradensis over the top of them; and now seem to have 2 plants that are probably
O. coloradensis and two cotyledon-stage plants that are ???
Salvia cyanescens - from Panayoti Kelaidis to Steve Aegerter to me - 2 germinated so far.
Salvia caespitosa - from Panayoti Kelaidis to Steve Aegerter to me. No germination as yet. It might have special germination needs I haven't discovered.
Salvia azurea - I've had wonky germination on this one in the past and decided I'm not smart enough to tell a viable seed from a non-viable seed
In aggravation and desperation, I tried a "sinker-floater" test last month. The results were:
Cumulative sinker germination: 31/33, 93.9%
Cumulative floater germination: 28/55, 50.9%
Agastache aurantiaca will disappear every so often from our yard. The ones I've been growing are descendants of 'Fragrant Carpet,' and I sure missed it last year. I'll try very hard to grow some new ones this year!
