S. barrelierii - Spain, N. Africa - Rosette of gray/green wavy leaves that grows to 2' tall by 2' wide or larger in fertile soil. The inflorescences grow up to 5' tall. The flowers are bicolor when they first open, white lower lip, blue upper lip. The flowers turn completely blue as they age. Approximately 8 whorls of flowers open at a time. ZONE 8 - Blooms - June 25 seeds - PHOTO

S. dolicantha - China - A rosette forming salvia. The foliage is large and oblong with a soft fuzzy texture. In late June the plant starts blooming. The blooms will continue into July and still appear sporadically throughout the summer. The flowers are large fat and purple. The inflorescences are very sticky and long, growing up to 3-4' tall, so sight this salvia towards the middle of the border. I planted mine too close to a path and the inflorescences get covered with my Samoyed's white hair. Its not a pretty sight!   ZONE 8 Blooms - June - July 20 seeds

S. evansiana - purple - China - Grows into a large clump of basal foliage to about 2' tall and as wide maybe wider as the plant matures. It produces many inflorescences which rise above the foliage. These are covered with whorls of light purple, medium sized flowers. ZONE 8 (7?). Blooms - June - 20 seeds - PHOTO

S. forskaohlei - Bulgaria, Greece  - A rosette forming salvia that will die back to its roots in winter. The leaves of this form are mid green and large. The flower stems appear in late spring with blooming occurring through June into July. It will bloom again in late summer. The flowers are purple with white beelines in the throat. It sets seed readily. ZONE 7 - Blooms - June onward. 20 seeds   PHOTO

S. fulgens - Mexico -  I am finding this salvia to be a great addition to a mixed border. The foliage is held in such a way as to add a nice structural and symmetrical look to the border, a rather stately appearance. This salvia bloomed for me in the tramp house (trampoline turned into a hoop house) in early February. One was still in bloom in May. In March I bring this salvia and other winter bloomers out onto the patio. The red flowers are a great addition to the dreary late winter early spring landscape. The early arriving hummingbirds appreciate the red flowers also. It sets few seeds although I have found several seedlings sprouting where I had the parent plants. Mine have grown to 5 feet but I suspect with time this salvia will get quite large. Site it in a protected spot for outdoor winter bloom. ZONE 8(?) - 9 - Blooms February (under glass) - May. 15 seeds  - Mostly Hand Pollinated -  PHOTO

S. gesneraeflora 'Tequila' - Mexico  - I am thrilled to offer seed from this species! If you live in a mild climate or if you have a greenhouse you will be truly amazed at the blooms on this salvia. The parent plant is at least 12-15 feet tall and it was covered in red orange flowers last winter. The flowers are set off by the black calices. Truly stunning when in bloom!. This salvia is similar in foliage to S. fulgens except this one doesn't have the nice structural form of S, fulgens. Give this salvia plenty of headroom and watch it reach for the sky.  ZONE 9 (mild Zone 8) Blooms Winter - Spring - 15 seeds     May be difficult to germinate.   PHOTO

S. greggii 'Raspberry Ripple '- Texas, Mexico - This S. greggii cultivar is one of the hardiest S. greggii cultivars I have grown. It takes the winter wet just fine as long as the drainage is good. Once blooming begins this salvia has flowers all the way until frost. The raspberry red color is eye catching. It grows to about 2 feet tall and as wide. Over time I think it would grow taller and wider.  ZONE 8  - Blooms - June/July until frost.  15 seeds

S. henryi - Texas, New Mexico, Arizona - A very nice smaller growing salvia that would work well in the front of a border, in containers or in a rock garden. This salvia is similar to S. roemeriana except it has smaller flowers and leaves which have a grayish cast to them. The flowers are red/ It sets seed well.  ZONE 8 - Blooms - Summer 20 seeds   PHOTO   -- Temporarily unavailable --

S. microphylla 'Hoja Grande' - Mexico  - This is proving to be tough S. microphylla cultivar. So far it has withstood overnight low temperatures of 24F minimal if any leaf damage. It is a wonderful salvia for the mixed border flowering all summer up until frost. The deep hot pink flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and bees. It has grown to about 3' tall and about as wide.  ZONE 8 - Blooms - Summer until frost. 15 seeds  PHOTO

S. repens repens - S. Africa - A low growing rosette type salvia. It sends up the inflorescences to about 2.5'. These tend to be a bit lanky in a shady site. The light blue flowers are numerous giving a nice display. I am finding this salvia to be rather hardy.  ZONE 8 - June onward. 20 seeds 

S. roborowski - China   - An annual species that isn't very showy but is a nice addition to a mixed border. I found it to bloom very early (late March - June) when the seeds were started indoors from mid January to mid February. The small light yellow flowers do contrast nicely with the deep green foliage. This salvia grew to about 2' tall. Good seed set. 20 seeds    PHOTO

S. roemeriana - Texas  - This is one of my favorite red salvias. The plant grows to about 1' tall with the flowers rising about 8"-10" above the foliage. As with S. henryi this is another good small salvia for containers and rock gardens. It does tend to be hardy here, if the cats don't break it off over the winter. S. roemeriana has the interesting habit of setting seeds without blooming when the summer nights are hot. Once the night temperatures cool again blooming resumes. Sets seed well. Zone 8 20 seeds

S. staminea - Turkey, Iran - A flat rosette forming salvia. The foliage grows to about 1' tall and 2' wide. The leaves are scalloped along the edges and the leaf stems are red/violet. The inflorescences rise above the foliage to 3'. These are covered with small white flowers. ZONE - 5 Blooms - July 20 seeds - PHOTO

S. tingitana - Morocco - A very robust salvia from seed. This salvia grows into a small 2-3' tall shrub like plant producing woody stems. The foliage on this salvia has a very strong pungent odor that some find offensive. The flowers are borne just above and with in the foliage. The flowers are bicolor with a white upper lip and a pale yellow lower lip. This salvia looks particularly nice when planted with blue salvias such as S. patens and S. sp. #12 (S. urica?). S. tingitana has withstood overnight temperatures to 18F. ZONE 8-9 - Blooms - May until frost - 25 seeds PHOTO

S. viscosa - E. Europe  - A hardy rosette forming salvia. It will die back to a small rosette or its roots over the winter. The foliage is interesting as the leaves have red veining and the leaf edges are wavy. The foliage will grow to approximately 1.5' tall with the inflorescences easily growing to 4'over the foliage. For best effect plant several of these salvias together. This will give an airy look to the border when it is in bloom. The flowers are burgundy red. S. viscosa will bloom in late May or early June. If the spent flower stems are removed it will repeat bloom later in the summer. Zone 6 maybe lower. Good seed set. Blooms - June   PHOTO