This species is from the Sierra Madre,   in Mexico.   It has very unusual stems which are four sided but have ridges on the edges making it very distinctive although this type of stem occurs in a couple of other unusual … Continue reading →

  This originated from seed gathered in California by a friend. I put the name on it.     It appears to be a species as seed comes up true.      It is similar to chamaedryoides but darker in flower and twice … Continue reading →

This is an excellent  shrubby South Australian hybrid from ‘Anthony Parker’.    The corolla is white in a purple calyx and is very showy.  It grows rapidly to about 2m or a bit more or less x 2m.   The foliage is greyish and … Continue reading →

Miniata was brought into Australia round about 1989  by Marilyn O’Dowd.  I had it about then and lost it.  About 5 years later I was asked to identify a salvia and was pleased to find it was miniata.   Possibly I have … Continue reading →