salvia what does it do?

Question

what kind of salvia should i do my first time? everyone keeps telling me to do the 40x but i want to start out small my first time. also i want to know if the salvia that is sold at garden stores is the same kind. cause if it is im going to start growing it

Answer 1

Salvias are mostly tropical so in much of the US they are grown as annuals. Mostly these are used as color bedding plants. Then there is the culinary version known as sage.

Salvia splendens is known as red salvia or Bedding Sage is probably the most commonly grown ornamental salvia species.
Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea) is the blue flowered species -- 'Victoria' or 'Rhea' - Rhea is a darker blue-violet than Victoria
Common Sage (Salvia officinalis): Common sage is the same sage that you use to flavor your Thanksgiving stuffing. Though now it comes in many colored leaves.
‘Icterina’ has striking yellow and green variegated leaves.
‘Tri-color’ has purple, gray green and pale pink variegated foliage.

Before you buy look at some of the many varieties available. Mail order may give just the plant you want. There are more than 900 species of salvia with many bred as garden cultivars. They have an enormous variety of color, flowering season, texture and fragrance.
Salvia clevelandii, a native Californian species with ashy gray-green leaves and sparkling violet-blue flowers has a pungent, rosy aroma to its leaves.
Salvias form spires in true blue and red making them perfect foundations for a mixed color border. The red ones, particularly those with long tubular flowers, are ideal lures and major nectar sources for hummingbirds.
Salvias can be found in bloom from July to frost. Tender species begin early in July, while others wait until September and early October.

Truly hardy perennial salvias, among them Salvia azurea, Salvia officinalis, S. x superba (a catchall that includes S. nemorosa and S. x sylvestris), and their cultivars. All are cold tolerant. These will go winter dormant so are reliably perennial even to zone 5.
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1174.htm
Salvia blepharophylla 'Diablo' is scarlet
Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' has dark red blossoms
Salvia involucrata 'Mulberry Jam'
Salvia greggii 'Dark Dancer' with deep fuchsia flowers
Scarlet or Texas Sage (Salvia coccinea)

Salvia x 'Indigo Spires' is larger than F. farinacea 4' x 4'

If you want annuals this year then perhaps you will consider adding some perennials next year. Look over the different plants and think about what matches your garden.

Answer 2

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