Salvia madrensis is remarkable among the sages for having yellow flowers. This makes it particularly desirable for anyone with a salvia collection. It is called forsythia sage in the Northern Hemisphere, less so here where Forsythia is rarely seen.
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For the past couple of months I have been establishing a Salvia (sage) garden. They seem to be an ideal plant for our conditions, and I’m hoping they will have the potential to fill the bank under the house with colour and interest. Usually with Salvias you think of the eye-catching red and blue bedding types, which are always available in punnets for seasonal colour, but the variety of forms and colours goes way beyond those two, and collections of more than a hundred types seem to be standard with…
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