A pleasant dark green leafed creeping evergreen with royal blue flowers.  If given plenty of space it will stay about half a metre high but if crowded could go up to 1m. Cacaliifolia will frost under -2C. Pruning: Stems can … Continue reading →

    This salvia came into Australia unusually by a camellia collector and plantsman, Bob Cherry. He gave me one but I didn’t pay much attention to it for many years until it had been given a name. Caudata flowers  … Continue reading →

One of the tough South Africans so good for harsh Australian conditions. It is frost and drought hardy. Chamelaeagnea is a hardy evergreen which can grow to 2m. The attractive foliage is a light green. It will sucker gently around … Continue reading →

This useful plant originates in Chiapo, a southern state of Mexico. One of the first of my introductions. It is a bit frost tender but will grow and flower well under the protection of evergreen trees. Once established it will … Continue reading →

Coccinea is a widely distributed salvia, perhaps because of its enthusiastic seeding.  It is an evergreen about 1m high but could be short lived.  Coccinea comes in 3 colours basically, (but there are some variations),  a crisp white,  bicolor – … Continue reading →

This shrub to 2m is a must for most gardens because of its large heads of purple blue flowers in the cooler months. It is somewhat open in growth so needs to be cut back a bit to bush it … Continue reading →

This salvia must become one of the basic salvias in a collection. It is fairly new this century but seems such an agreeable plant. My first one was in a fair bit of shade. The other one is in full … Continue reading →