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Stunningly beautiful! Thanks!
What kind of insects prey on Salvia?
when they are younger, many smaller bugs like aphids, and whiteflies and other sucking bugs....as they get older they seem to get stronger (more chemicals to ward off attackers?) and the only thing that affects them is snails....seeing as how succulent salvia plants are, its surprising that the snails aren't REALLY attracted to them........feel free to save for yourselfany pictures I ever post, anyone out there..... :lol: :lol:
Excellent pic! Makes a GREAT wallpaper for the desktop. Thanks, Jupe! :D :D :D
glad you like it.....I'm using Flickr Photo Hosting, and uploaded a bunch of pictures......you might see them at the other forums also :roll: :roll: I suppose I'll just keeping posting until somebody says STOP, we've seen that one twice already!!!!!!!!!
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:shock: :shock: --- Now that pic of the lucious single leaf has me positively salivating fer Salvia :P :P ---- Great pic thanx---senorsal
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Wonderful pictures. I am using the single leaf as my desktop picture!
Heres looking up....literally...I'm 6' 2 tall, these climbed up, propped themselves on other bushes....just kept growing..I shot this on November 8 04.......(//http://photos22.flickr.com/26182547_d3a6c0767a_o.jpg)
Man, I have never wished so badly that I lived in Santa Barbara!!! Maybe then my plants would look like Jupe's. :D :D :D
Hopefully that last one has not shot it wad making the inflorescence.
When I had an indoor blossom, the whole plant shortly thereafter died.
May yours live for years to come.
Well....a giant oak tree branch crushed them to roots and splinters. Currently survivors are 1 to 2 feet tall, but its been along road. (5 months) glad I had taken cuttings and spread them around. These plants grow alot quicker from cuttings than they do from their below ground roots, but its been educational. Plants maxed out at 12 ft, by climbing ontop of
hedges......Jeez I thought I had received a message.."don't grow salvia"....nope...just " don't grow salvia under rotted trees!"
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Here is my first plant ever. It was sent through the mail and wasn't in the greatest condition which is why it was cheap. It seems to be getting better.
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Here is a closer look:
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I know it isn't much but it is my first one.
wow jupe, them some beautiful big plants, reminds me of my herb garden back home, plants mere more hedges than herbs..sadly no sally d tho...
1st plants are the best, even if hey arnt optimal condition or the most beautiful, but then as the realtionship fosters and they blossum into beautiful beast, tou know its the impact you have had on em...the green fingers is a beauty to have on your hand.. :D
yeah Bear...I still remember the stoked feeling I had when I got mine......everything came from them.....Your'se are looking good....add some extra light hours down there(new Zealand) it will help them though short winter days....and then when summer comes, they will really take off.
I am in Alabama which is extremely humid and it rains a lot this time of year (though I keep it out of the rain it is outside) and I believe that these are good conditions for it. I hope it works out so I can take a few cuttings and get a few more going.
Been a while......plants are into flowering....sprawling tangled up mess, they seem pretty happy ..also posted some others here at SPF gallery.....that gallery is pretty cool by the way.... email postcards no less.......(//http://static.flickr.com/33/52575781_8d23a4e0c1_b.jpg)
Looks bloody nice Jupe, those stems are like trees! Is that your only patch growing or are they spread out?
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Since I can't seem to consume even 1/10 of what these plants produce, my original 3 little plants have grown into 4 patches. Every time a stem breaks or falls over, its like oh no, another cutting!!! This is the best patch, and I am learning alot this summer about lighting conditions. Every year seems different. Fresh cuttings put into good conditions, grew much much faster, than sick or injured plants that I have been resuscitating.
This is how these plants WANT to grow, they WILL grow this way for ANYONE, ondoors or outside, once you figure out your own enviornment. :roll: :roll: :roll: Thats the tricky part!!!
Jupe how wet do you keep them? My plant really only started getting healthy when I STOPPED keeping them wet all the time.
Some reason I keep mixing you guys up. :oops:
JRL, you groing outside?
.....sometimes they are wet for months, sometimes they dry out, we have a good organic mix here, very live soil, and I think that prevents the "bad" rot from getting started,
in the greenhouse, or indoors,....I definitely let them dry out, rot is troublesome indoors. Cycling and changing the conditions I think helps keep these problems at bay.
wwaaaouuhhh!!!
i did not even know Salvias could grow this big!!!
amazing!
My current philosophy, is that Salvia WANTS to grow this big, if you just let it. I grew some REALLY big ones my first two years, but a tree fell on them. They were almost 4 meters tall(12ft.) I don't top the plants, and basically just let them grow, with lots of compost , light, and water. If you don't stake them up,or let them climb up onto something else, they will only grow about 6 or 7 ft. tall, like this current crop, and then they fall over slowly but surely and reroot themselves. :roll: :roll:
Just speechless!!!!!
Sorry it took so long to answer. I got mine in a pot on my front porch. it kinda struggled for years until I figured out it needed to dry out sometimes. Can they stand up to a little frost? I would love to get one in the ground here, our soil is so good plants just take off. We are right above an underground spring that runs from the river to this large pond and when trees get down there they go crazy. Our Xmas redwood from 1999 is now 30 ft tall!
little frost is Ok....I think its those ground temps below 45 F for extended periods of time that it doesn't like. Warm days, cool nights seem ok. check out Aut.'s hawaiin pictures over at Lady Salvia for a real treat......fantastic!!!! thats what warm days and warm nights does....