Agastache and Salvias forum

I found this older cultivar listed in my old 1976 Ball Seed catalog in the 'Medium Height section, as it gets about 14 inches high. It is noted as having attractive green foliage and spikes of deep fiery red. I remember buying it in the past, probably the 1980's and 90's, and maybe later.

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I found this cultivar listed in my old Ball Seed catalog of 1976 as being a popular selection in the 1970's that grew about 24 inches high and had a good even, bushy habit. I know that I've seen it sold in decades after that.

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I found this older cultivar listed in my old Ball Seed Catalog of 1976 listed in the "Tall section" as it was expected to get about 26 inches high. The taller Scarlet Sages take longer to come into bloom than the shorter cultivars, but it is worth the wait of about 2 or 3 weeks.

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I found this cultivar listed in my old Ball Seed 1976 Catalog, listed as a dwarf that gets about 12 inches high, and it is still sold in this early 21st century. The new Vista Series is so similar of being the same kind of dwarf selection. Neither seem to attract hummingbirds.

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I already made comments about this cultivar's sister of the Vista Red Scarlet Sage. I really like the cultivars of the Scarlet or Showy Sage (Salvia splendens) to be larger than this very dwarf selection of the Vista Series. I think the best size is about 18 to 24 inches high as being so much better for this species. I even like the old 3 feet high selections that there used to be in the 1950's into the 70's. The older, larger selections were definitely good for Hummingbirds. I've seen the female Ruby-throated Hummingbird back away from the Vista Red Sages I had on the back deck in 2018 and not feed from them.

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