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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 3 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Hummingbirds
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Salvia
  • Sage

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Location: Yvonne's back yard in Chicopee, MA
Date: late summer
This is Yvonne, my grandmother, in front of the salvia she grew.
Location: Mentor on the Lake
Date: 2018-08-03
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2007
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2009-08-11
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: August 2007
Hummingbirds feed from Yvonne's Salvia all day
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2007
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2016-03-14
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: August 2007
Hummingbirds love Yvonne's Salvia
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: September 2008
Mature seeds are dark brown to black
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: July 2008
Unripe, immature seeds are white
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: August 2009
Yvonne's Salvia
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: August 2009
Yvonne's Salvia
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: September 2008
Yvonne's Salvia seeds
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Comments:
  • Posted by kqcrna (Valencia, Pa - Zone 6a) on Sep 28, 2011 4:08 PM concerning plant:
    This plant was grown for many years by a woman named Yvonne in her Massachusetts garden. She reportedly saved and used only the seeds from her tallest plants. They became a 6 foot tall strain for her. When she felt age prevented her from continuing her gardening, she passed thousands of seeds to another gardener. This friend in turn shared them with many, many other gardeners over the internet. As a result of gardeners sharing Yvonne's seeds with one another, Yvonne's strain is now grown all over the U.S. as well as in other countries around the world. To my knowledge, by Yvonne's request, the seeds are not sold commercially. They can only be obtained from other generous gardeners.

    Yvonne didn't remember the name of her plant when she passed on the seeds, but the consensus among gardeners growing them seems to be that they are a strain of salvia splendens. I have been growing these plants for 5 years and my plants range from 36 to 50 inches, not near Yvonne's 6 foot plants. Still, they're the prettiest annual salvias I have ever seen. Hummingbirds love them!
  • Posted by duane456 (Redmond OR - Zone 5a) on Nov 5, 2016 10:06 AM concerning plant:
    Seeds will just sit there if conditions are not warm enough. I live in the Pacific Northwest and use the winter sow technique usually (sowing in late April or May). Sometimes they don't germinate until the middle of June.
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On February 26, 2020 Seeds sown
indoors, heat, lights
lovesblooms On February 25, 2018 Seeds sown
indoors
lovesblooms On February 9, 2017 Seeds sown
indoors
lovesblooms On March 12, 2016 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On March 5, 2016 Seeds sown
indoors
lovesblooms On February 7, 2015 Seeds sown
winter sown
Trish On February 2, 2016 Seeds sown
Obtained from Duane456 in trade.
Winter sowed.
Plant to put in butterfly garden 2016.
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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Yvonne's Salvia by YTheroux Jan 31, 2019 4:35 PM 1
Perspective by ctcarol Feb 1, 2019 6:59 PM 0

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