Salvia microphylla San Carlos Festival Plant Delights and Juniper Level Botanic Garden Introductions Mixing small gravel or Permatill

Mixing small gravel or Permatill into the soil helps tremendously

Gardeners from cold climates are often surprised to learn that some salvias are shrubs

powder-blue

who acquired it as a pass-along plant from her grandmother

a truly spectacular species which deserves much wider use

Salvia microphylla San Carlos Festival Plant Delights and Juniper Level Botanic Garden Introductions Mixing small gravel or PermatillThis 1997 Yucca Do introduction was discovered 5 years earlier in Tamaulipas, Mexico, in the village of San Carlos at 3,800'. Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival' was the best of a population in full flower in October. This compact grower (2' tall x 3' wide) has proven to be the most floriferous selection we have grown in our gardens. The clump is adorned with hundreds of red violet (RHS 66A) flowers celebrated by hummingbirds from early May