August 2016 in the Garden - Salvia

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    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    Douglas Justice’s blog this month, August 2016 in the Garden | UBC Botanical Garden, describes several salvia species planted at the Entrance Plaza. It look me so long to get out here that I thought they would all be past bloom, but there were flowers to see, and some nice leaves too.

    Of the Old World sages Douglas mentioned, most are really past blooming. Here is Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurea’ (the label says ‘Purpurascens’, which I see is supposed to be a synonym), easily recognized by the purplish leaves
    Salvia-officinalisPurpurascens_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1270115.JPG

    and S. officinalis ‘Berggarten’, with leaves more round than the others.
    Salvia-officinalisBerggarten_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1270113.JPG


    Salvia forsskaolii still does have flowers, though it can flower as early as June. The third photo is from the Asian Garden.
    Salvia-forsskaolii_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260921.JPG Salvia-forsskaolii_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260922.JPG Salvia-forsskaolii_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1270018.JPG


    Of New World sages Douglas mentions, only S. guaranaitica ‘Black and Blue’ has flowers now. I’m pretty sure the first photos are this cultivar. The second photo is the plant in front, with larger leaves and no flowers, but the sign is at this plant, so maybe these are the same cultivar? This one has great stems that totally make up for its having no flowers.
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    Salvia elegans ‘Honey Melon’ Pineapple Sage has such great leaves and hairy stems, it doesn’t need flowers to look interesting.
    Salvia-elegansHoneyMelon_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1270001.JPG


    Salvia discolor looks like it might have flowers just starting (third photo, just right of centre), though again, the white leaf backs and calyces make such a striking contrast with the leaves that there’s plenty to look at without the flowers.
    Salvia-discolor_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260938.JPG Salvia-discolor_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260942.JPG

    There are other salvia flowers on the entrance plaza. I'll show a few in another posting.
     
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    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    Here are a few Salvia on the entrance plaza that were not mentioned in the blog.
    Salvia nemorosa ‘Rose Queen’, I think an old world hybrid.
    Salvia-nemorosaRoseQueen_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260957.JPG

    Salvia ‘Maraschino’, red flowers; seems to be based on a hybrid with new world parents.
    SalviaMaraschino_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260964.JPG SalviaMaraschino_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260968.JPG

    Salvia ‘Ultra Violet’, with a common name of Texas Sage, so would be new world
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    Salvia look-alikes – Maybe I’m the only person who would be fooled by these plants, but when I was walking around the entrance plaza looking for Salvia, I checked out these.

    Lepechinia salviae – at least the name implies that it looks like salvia and the common name is Chilean pitcher sage.
    Lepechinia-salviae_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260932.JPG Lepechinia-salviae_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260930.JPG

    Lobelia siphilitica – OK, the three lobes at the bottom of the flowers are distinctive for Lobelia.
    Lobelia-siphilitica_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260950.JPG Lobelia-siphilitica_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260951.JPG

    Penstemon, don’t know what cultivar. Could it be ‘Sour Grapes’??
    Penstemon-MaybeSourGrapes_UBCBG_Cutler_20160816_P1260918.JPG
     

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