I am dying to find some seeds for B and B Salvia. I believe seeds are not always reliable from this plant, however a few years ago I was lucky enough to get some seeds from a bedding plant . Seems those bedding plants were a one time thing in my area of Canada so I can no longer get them. My seeds produced decent B and B plants the following year but due to a volunteer commitment I could not harvest seeds from them.
Is there any where I can find seeds or does anyone have seeds that I could purchase.
I am desperate.

@karimari53 I got B&B salvia plant material from plantsmakemecrazy a few weeks ago. She has daylily material on the Classified and Group Buys page right now. You could reach out to see if she has ideas. I'm excited to have gotten some of this hard-to-find cultivar for my hummers and bees. Hope you get your hands on some soon.

B&B is hardy here (Birmingham, AL) and is growing rampantly in my garden. I would send you some plants but this may be difficult since you are in Canada. They flower well and there are a lot of hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies about for pollination. However, the flowers just drop off and don't form seeds. I have had this happen with other Salvias, such as Hot Lips, Argentine Skies, Majestic Spires, and Caradonna, while others produce a lot of seed. Why do some salvias not set seed?
Susan

Browneyedsusan said: B&B is hardy here (Birmingham, AL) and is growing rampantly in my garden. I would send you some plants but this may be difficult since you are in Canada. They flower well and there are a lot of hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies about for pollination. However, the flowers just drop off and don't form seeds. I have had this happen with other Salvias, such as Hot Lips, Argentine Skies, Majestic Spires, and Caradonna, while others produce a lot of seed. Why do some salvias not set seed?
Susan

They are cultivated not to. Sterile plants requires you to consistently buy new plants. This also contains spread

I very much doubt Black and Blue, which is a hybrid, can be propagated from seed.

Rubi said: I very much doubt Black and Blue, which is a hybrid, can be propagated from seed.

Well, we will se shortly as I have planted seed

Mdntnmtgmy said: Well, we will se shortly as I have planted seed

Anything happening with the seeds?

Rubi said: Anything happening with the seeds?

They have sprouted....

I can't remember of this is a blue, or not.

I can only grow black and blue salvia here due to the high humidity and heat
It does well here and its in morning sun no afternoon sun.
It will take semi moist soil ...

I was growing Blue Ensign here for years gorgeous tall salvia.. We had two nights below 20 here this winter in January and it killed the salvia and also a phlox and a clematis..

That rarely happens here but it did happen this year..

Very sad over losing y blue ensign salvia, Ramona clematis and Pink Garden phlox.

Its feeding my hummers each year from May to October in south alabama.
It overwinters here if not in a wet ground area.

I wish I could grow a red tubular salvia here in lower zone 8
does anyone know one.. that can stand the hot summers and humidity
I do not have sandy soil...and I know they like sandy soil.


All the tubular red salvias I have seen online do not do well
in our area..

Any advice? Sheri

Sheridragonfly said: I can only grow black and blue salvia here due to the high humidity and heat
It does well here and its in morning sun no afternoon sun.
It will take semi moist soil ...

I was growing Blue Ensign here for years gorgeous tall salvia.. We had two nights below 20 here this winter in January and it killed the salvia and also a phlox and a clematis..

That rarely happens here but it did happen this year..

Very sad over losing y blue ensign salvia, Ramona clematis and Pink Garden phlox.

Its feeding my hummers each year from May to October in south alabama.
It overwinters here if not in a wet ground area.

I wish I could grow a red tubular salvia here in lower zone 8
does anyone know one.. that can stand the hot summers and humidity
I do not have sandy soil...and I know they like sandy soil.


All the tubular red salvias I have seen online do not do well
in our area..

Any advice? Sheri

Not positive on species, but this one lived through our hottest summer on record last year, in Arizona. Send me a sase, and I'll share seed