‘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 →

This is one of my early introductions in the 1990′s.   It is the same plant as ‘Romantic Rose’  an unfortunate misnaming by an over zealous plant namer which ends up confusing  the public. ‘Winter Lipstick’ is an evergreen which has … Continue reading →