Viewing post #2476605 by Gerris2

MrsBinWY said:I'm one of those people who has a seed-starting addiction and doesn't buy many plants. Are there any other like-minded folks here? What are you starting this year? Last year? Planning to start? Wanting to locate?

Here are some I've started this year:

Salvia coerulea, descendants of 'Black and Blue' - from @mmolyson - 7 up and looking nice
Salvia greggii, descendants of 'Radio Red' - from @wildflowers - 5 germinated so far
Salvia canescens var. daghestanica - from Cheyenne Botanic Gardens - I sowed the 3 seeds I had; gave up on them; sowed Oenothera coloradensis over the top of them; and now seem to have 2 plants that are probably O. coloradensis and two cotyledon-stage plants that are ???
Salvia cyanescens - from Panayoti Kelaidis to Steve Aegerter to me - 2 germinated so far.
Salvia caespitosa - from Panayoti Kelaidis to Steve Aegerter to me. No germination as yet. It might have special germination needs I haven't discovered.
Salvia azurea - I've had wonky germination on this one in the past and decided I'm not smart enough to tell a viable seed from a non-viable seed In aggravation and desperation, I tried a "sinker-floater" test last month. The results were:

Cumulative sinker germination: 31/33, 93.9%
Cumulative floater germination: 28/55, 50.9%

Agastache aurantiaca will disappear every so often from our yard. The ones I've been growing are descendants of 'Fragrant Carpet,' and I sure missed it last year. I'll try very hard to grow some new ones this year!

I started Salvia azurea last year from seeds. They grew out nicely and even got blooms in the the first season which was a treat. I hope it comes back this spring.



I also have Salvia penstemonoides growing from seed started last year. I hope to see flowers this year.

Royal Bumble grew nicely from seed. I was able to overwinter a plant for a couple of years. Sadly it died so will try establishing another plant.

I was curious about the species name change from guaranitica to coerulea. When did the change occur?

I look forward to seeing your plants growing this year.