Rockin' Deep Purple does produced the occasional seed/seedling. Seedlings I have found so far have had dark purple, pink or light blue almost white blooms. While all these colors are in the Rockin' series, they are not exact matches to the original blooms or plants. But for the price of one Deep Purple and a couple years, I have two new colors.

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This is new on the market from Proven Winners, a large company that sells so many cultivars of annuals and perennials. I bought one of this cultivar of a hybrid Salvia at a large, diverse, garden center in southeast Pennsylvania called Gardener's Nursery. One of the parents must be Salvia guaranitica, the Anise-scented Sage from Brazil and around there, as it looks almost identical. The hybrid's leaves are a little more rounded in shape; otherwise I don't see any great difference. It can be grown as a wonderful annual in the North just like 'Black And Blue' Anise-scented Sage.

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Saw this plant at the Proven Winners booth at the 2018 Philly Garden Show and was very impressed (I Love Purple). Looked it up on the Proven Winners site and would like to correct a detail above... they say it does NOT need deadheading to flower all season long (probably because the blooms are sterile)

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