I grow a lot of salvias and yes, the climate here is excellent, I can grow a large variety...but some things thrive and some things don't and I grow too much to fret over the ones that don't....lol..I tried the corrugata in several spots and still it wanted more attention than it was getting apparently. I have a friend who's a commercial grower and he has a couple of salvias that just don't do well for him despite the fact that they grow well for others...go figure. We've had an even drier year than usual, so I'm continuing to see just how dry a lot of my plants can go and pulling out large beds. It's interesting to see which salvias can take it with hardly any watering....two salvia discolors interplanted with two salvia sagittatas and the discolors are fine, sagittatas couldn't take it.
lol....I'm pretty sure that I will end up trying the corrugata again at some time in the future....