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This was an impulse purchase during the summer and it is the sort of impulse I am happy with. For many
years the green leaved form was a favourite so I had to try this golden leaved plant. Unfortunately I think the winter has killed it (or perhaps it was me, I let it get rather dry) but it might come back, or I might well replace it - I hadn't finished admiring it when the winter stepped in! Winter killed it as expected, and I replaced it when the chance arose. The new plant went straight into the herbaceous border and died in the winter of 2010-11. Salvia elegans has been a favourite plants since I was a teenager and I can't resist having another go. This time I have it in a pot in the greenhouse, and as a result I now have some flowers to show. I will root some cuttings if I still have it in the spring and give it another testing time outside. If I lose it for a third time, I should really accept defeat and move on. Hmmm.... might happen. Discovered by Brent A. Horvath of Intrinsic Perennial Garden and patented in the USA in 2007, USPP 17,977. The Plant Patent says: "The new Salvia is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of an unnamed selection of Salvia elegans, not patented. The new Salvia was discovered and selected by the Inventor during the fall of 2001 from within a population of plants of the parent selection in a controlled environment in Hebron, Ill." |
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