Have you tried Hadspen House near Castle Cary in Somerset?? I believe that they have
several. Might be worth phoning them.
Chris

"Sacha" wrote in message
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| Sorry to shout! But yesterday a French couple from the ile de Brehat
| came in looking for a massive list of Salvias. The nursery near here
| that has the national collection wouldn't 'admit' them as they put it,
| until April which, as they're only here for another week isn't
| helpful. We had a few they wanted but that was it. We had a Salvia
| involucrata 'Mulberry Wine' which is new and which they'd never heard
| of, so honour was satisfied! ;-))
| I promised I'd ask this group if anyone else knows of a nursery with a
| large collection of Salvias, preferably in the SW of England or indeed
| anyone who would be willing to give them cuttings from their own
| collection?
| They're going to ring me on Thursday to see if I've had any luck, so
| I'd be very grateful if anyone with helpful info. could post here or
| email me asap. Another possible solution might be for anyone
| travelling from the SW to Britanny to take some over later on this
| year. Many thanks.
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| Sacha