I have some blue salvia, should I deadhead it? I've never grown salvia
before.

TIA,
Gloria




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Do you know what kind of Blue Salvia it is? Has it bloomed so far this
year? I'm in 9a in Houston. Where are you? (you should see the salvias
here now. From now to frost, they are stellar)

http://www.celestialhabitats.com =


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I have some blue salvia, should I deadhead it? I've never grown salvia
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TIA,
Gloria
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I'm in NE Alabama, zone 7. The salvia was in full bloom when I planted it
about 2 weeks ago, got it at Lowe's. There was no identification tag on it.
It's a nice size clump but most of the flower stalks are spent. I'm not
seeing much new growth, and the spent stalks are falling over so I was
wondering if I need to remove the spent flower stalks to encourage new
blooms. Thanks for the great link!

Gloria

"J Kolenovsky" wrote in message
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Do you know what kind of Blue Salvia it is? Has it bloomed so far this
year? I'm in 9a in Houston. Where are you? (you should see the salvias
here now. From now to frost, they are stellar)

http://www.celestialhabitats.com

Gloria wrote:

I have some blue salvia, should I deadhead it? I've never grown salvia
before.

TIA,
Gloria
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2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful
ô¿ô - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business. Quoted by the Houston
Chronicle Lazy Gardener as 1 of 7 best gardening websites in Houston.
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Absolutely, deadhead the spent stalks. Water moderately. Salvias are
generally water misers and love bright light.

http://www.californiagardens.com/Lists/salvias.htm
http://webs.lanset.com/pathline/salvias.htm
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/frames/n...enatur/pg6.htm

JK

Gloria wrote:
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I'm in NE Alabama, zone 7. The salvia was in full bloom when I planted =
it
about 2 weeks ago, got it at Lowe's. There was no identification tag on=
it.
It's a nice size clump but most of the flower stalks are spent. I'm not=

seeing much new growth, and the spent stalks are falling over so I was
wondering if I need to remove the spent flower stalks to encourage new
blooms. Thanks for the great link!
=

Gloria
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Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky
2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful
=F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business. Quoted by the Ho=
uston
Chronicle Lazy Gardener as 1 of 7 best gardening websites in Houston.
=F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal

I have another saliva question. I planted some victoria blue last
year and miraculously the survived a minnesota winter with a thick
covering of mulch (I mulched it only because I was mulching other
plants around it. My garden plan has changed somewhat this year and
now the salvia are near some roses which means that they will be
getting runoff from the roses that will be watered frequently. I know
Salvias are drought tolerant but will they do OK with regular
watering? Would moving them be a good idea?

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I have some blue salvia, should I deadhead it? I've never grown salvia
before.

TIA,
Gloria




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I have another saliva question. I planted some victoria blue last
year and miraculously the survived a minnesota winter with a thick
covering of mulch (I mulched it only because I was mulching other
plants around it. My garden plan has changed somewhat this year and
now the salvia are near some roses which means that they will be
getting runoff from the roses that will be watered frequently. I know
Salvias are drought tolerant but will they do OK with regular
watering? Would moving them be a good idea?

I grow Victoria Blue salvias (Salvia farinacea) under an old rose
every year....I love the way it blooms through the rose blossoms. No
problem at all with water.
--
Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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On Sun, 9 May 2004 23:04:35 -0500, "Gloria"
wrote:

I have some blue salvia, should I deadhead it? I've never grown salvia
before.

Yes. Snipping off the spent flower stalks will encourage new growth.
Which reminds me, I need to do the same to my sage, although the
flowers are pretty.

Thank you, JK !

Gloria

"J Kolenovsky" wrote in message
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Absolutely, deadhead the spent stalks. Water moderately. Salvias are
generally water misers and love bright light.

http://www.californiagardens.com/Lists/salvias.htm
http://webs.lanset.com/pathline/salvias.htm
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/frames/n...enatur/pg6.htm

JK

Gloria wrote:

I'm in NE Alabama, zone 7. The salvia was in full bloom when I planted it
about 2 weeks ago, got it at Lowe's. There was no identification tag on
it.
It's a nice size clump but most of the flower stalks are spent. I'm not
seeing much new growth, and the spent stalks are falling over so I was
wondering if I need to remove the spent flower stalks to encourage new
blooms. Thanks for the great link!

Gloria
--
Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky
2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful
ô¿ô - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business. Quoted by the Houston
Chronicle Lazy Gardener as 1 of 7 best gardening websites in Houston.
ô¿ô - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal


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I deadheaded it and new growth is busting out all over it....thanks Frogleg.

Gloria
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On Sun, 9 May 2004 23:04:35 -0500, "Gloria"
wrote:

I have some blue salvia, should I deadhead it? I've never grown salvia
before.

Yes. Snipping off the spent flower stalks will encourage new growth.
Which reminds me, I need to do the same to my sage, although the
flowers are pretty.


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