Nancy Newfield's salvia list:

>From: "Nancy L. Newfield"
>Subject: Salvias

>Howdy Humnetters,
>
>In response to Marjorie Hastings' note about
Salvias, I've made a list of
>some good species for hummers.

Salvias

Salvia I have tried [with varying degrees of success] and which I've observed hummers using here at Casa Colibrí or which I have observed hummers using in other gardens or which are mentioned in literature as being used by hummers:

Salvia regla - difficult to root or to grow from seed
Salvia coccinea
Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst'
Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph'
Salvia greggii
Salvia leucantha
Salvia leucantha 'Waverly'
Salvia mexicana
Salvia mexicana 'Compton's'
Salvia guaranitica
Salvia guaranitica 'Argentina Skies'
Salvia 'Purple Majesty'
Salvia elegans
Salvia cacaliaefolia
Salvia cinnabarina - roots very easily, hasn't flowered yet
Salvia clevelandi [Phil Unitt in "Hummingbird Gardens"]
Salvia chiapensis
Salvia blepharophylla
Salvia buchananii
Salvia confertiflora
Salvia fulgens
Salvia gesneraeflora
Salvia involucrata
Salvia iodantha
Salvia karwinskii
Salvia madrensis
Salvia microphylla
Salvia miniata
Salvia purpurea
Salvia lyrata
Salvia semiatrata
Salvia splendens
Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' - red
Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' - burgundy
Salvia 'Chiquita Blue'
Salvia 'Raven' [Donna Dittmann]
Salvia sp. de Tamaulipas ­ [Linda Monroe] roots very easily

Other Salvia, some of which might have promise, if I can obtain them and can grow them, or which are mentioned in literature or by other hummer gardeners as being used by hummers:

Salvia sagitatta
Salvia canariensis ­ [pers. com. Chris Meyer]
Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue'
Salvia pichichensis
Salvia hirtella
Salvia purpurea 'Lavender Lace'
Salvia darcyi - croaked thrice, finally got bloom, but didn't have hummers
Salvia mexicana 'Limelight'
Salvia holwayi
Salvia macellaria
Salvia penstemonoides
Salvia oppositiflora
Salvia pulchella
Salvia spathacea
Salvia sessei - difficult to root
Salvia wagneriana
Salvia leucantha 'Anthony Parker'
Salvia sp. 1 de México [Seedhunt]
Salvia sp. 9 de Venezuela [Seedhunt]

Salvia that seem to have no hummingbird value:

Salvia reptans
Salvia farinacea
Salvia patens
Salvia discolor [pers. com. Chris Meyer]

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>Is there a website or book specifically on Salvias/Sages? I need color
>pictures with leaves. We are trying to put plant markers in our
>garden. We have plants that people have given us and we've lost the
>markers that came with them or just forgot the name. Is there help out
>there humnetters???

Try <http://www.eclectasy.com/gallery_of_salvias/index.htm>,
<http://www.californiagardens.com/Lists/salvias.htm>, and
<http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/divisions/becho/hort/salvias/html/index.html>.

You may also want to get "A Book of Salvias" by Betsy Clebsch. The second
edition came out a few months ago and supposedly, it has lots more than the
original, which has a ton of good info. Still, I have many salvias that
are missing tags and I can't be sure what they are. Good Luck!

NLN