"Val" wrote in message
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"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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I'm leaning toward salvia as well - I have a gift plant that is a hardy
salvia that has that shiny leaf.

Maybe its a tropical...

C
It is salvia. I had a big clump like that in my old garden (zone 8). The
hummingbirds loved it. About every three years or so I'd chop it into 3-4
pieces, give away all but one hunk to be replanted. It was a lovely
indestructible.

Val
I should also add that I moved from that house in the eighties after living
there for over 15 years. The salvia was more than well established ( I tamed
the beast with hedge clippers, a pick ax and shovel ) when I bought the
house so I would assume it's an older variety. The people I bought the house
from had lived there for 50+ years.

Val