‘Indigo Spires’ is a good all rounder, extremely long flowering in indigo blue, evergreen and hardy to frost and drought. This useful plant was brought into Australia about 1987 unfortunately under the name of  ‘regia’,  by Marilyn O’Dowd who had a … Continue reading →

This plant should no doubt be called just ‘Joan’ as hybrids do not carry species names,  but I think it helpful to give it some indication of who it is closely related to.  Sometime before 1990 this plant had been kicking … Continue reading →

This plant has been grown in Australia a long time and was available long before the influx of salvias in the 1990′s.  Not surprisingly it is the widest grown involucrata.  It is named because of the formation of the bud … Continue reading →

The first photo is a comparison of purpurea and iodantha.  The second photo is iodantha. This is one of my earlier introductions.  The very first flowers were small and I was disappointed but as it continues blooming you end up … Continue reading →