Salvia Silkes Dream Laurentia The health of the plant

The health of the plant will not be compromised if it is not cleaned up but one will be viewing the current year's flowers amongst last year's dead flower stalks

protect the trunks during extended cold

Each frond bears tiny plantlets (your new word for the day is "gemmiferous") that drop off and form new colonies where they land

found on outcrops and slopes from Texas south to South America

vertical clumps of metallic-blue foliage are topped by giant

Salvia Silkes Dream Laurentia The health of the plantSalvia 'Silke's Dream' is a cross of Salvia darcyi x Salvia microphylla, discovered by Art Petley of Austin, Texas. Looking superficially like Salvia microphylla, the 2' tall x 3' wide clump is topped all summer and until frost with 15" spikes of rich, dark orange red (RHS 42A) flowers. In fall, the remarkable number of flowers explodes into a solid mass of color a hummingbird party plant. Salvia 'Silke's Dream' is a particularly durable and easy to