Annuals - Salvia

Annuals - Salvia

The Salvia Black and Blue, 'Salvia guaranitica', is a tall and attractive plant that has an upright growth habit which reaches 2 to 3 feet in height. The bi-colored blooms are 3/4 of an inch in size and occur in both spring and the fall. This selection of the hardy anise sage differs from the norm in that the calyx (the little cup that holds the open flower) is black instead of the usual green. This eye catching Salvia offers abundant deep blue cobalt blue tubular blooms that are an absolute favorite of hummingbirds.They are hardy to 15 degrees.

Lady in Red Salvia

The Salvia Lady in Red, 'Salvia coccinea', is an elegant alternative to the more familiar scarlet salvia varieties usually seen in bedding schemes. The flower-spikes have all the vivacity of those popular plants, but they are longer and less cluttered with blooms, which gives the plants an airy grace and more of a shrub-like appearance. They are very uniform plants and are heat and drought tolerant. This red-spiked variety performs well in containers and small space gardens. They are virtually irresistible to hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.

Santa Barbara Salvia

The Salvia Santa Barbara, 'Salvia leucantha', a Proven Selections plant, grows to barely one-third the size of common Mexican Sage. The vivid colors of the compact and early-flowering Santa Barbara do wonderful things to any container or garden. The rose-lavender colored flowers contrast nicely against the white stems. It needs planting in full sun, and clipping later in the year to maintain a good shape and appearance.For zones 9-11, this plant can also be a perennial.

Victoria Blue Salvia

The Salvia Victoria Blue, ' Salvia farinacea', is a compact plant that flowers later but can continue blooming for a long time. Victora Blue has intense deep blue flowers. Victoria Blue Salvia is great for center pieces in containers or in mass plantings in rows or as backdrop for other shorter flowers. This Salvia is also known as Mealy-Cup Sage because the flowers and stems are fuzzy. The bluish green leaves and the deep blue flower spikes bloom all summer long until first frost in autumn. Deadheading might help insure rebloom into autumn.

Victoria White Salvia

The Salvia Victoria White, 'Salvia farinacea', is a compact plant that flowers later but can continue blooming for a long time. Victora White has intense white flowers. Victoria White Salvia is great for center pieces in containers or in mass plantings in rows or as backdrop for other shorter flowers. This Salvia is also known as Mealy-Cup Sage because the flowers and stems are fuzzy. The bluish green leaves and the white flower spikes bloom all summer long until first frost in autumn. Deadheading might help insure rebloom into autumn.

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ACORN HILL

Acorn Hill is the name we’ve given to our home. Situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, it is so named for the thousands of acorns produced by the red oaks growing here. We spent years looking for just the right spot. Some of the most important criteria were plenty of room to garden and space for our menagerie of dogs and cats to safely run and play. And we found it here.

We have undertaken several big outdoor projects and have many more planned. I have been taking pictures and making notes, which in essence constitute a journal of these projects. I thought it might be interesting and perhaps helpful to share our progress. So in addition to my Garden Journal where I routinely note what’s happening around the garden, we’ve added Acorn Hill Garden Projects to our site and intend to update it as we complete specific projects. The Acorn Hill Garden Projects detail specific projects from start to finish with notes on what we learned in the process.

When we first came to Acorn Hill, one of the first things I realized was that I had more great ideas than I had time, energy, or money. I had so many things that I hoped to accomplish the first year, but luckily we didn’t get very much done. I say luckily because when starting a garden in a new place it is critical to observe, for at least one full cycle of the seasons, how the seasons change the existing landscape, how the views from your house differ in summer and winter, and how you and your family use your outdoor space. So lesson number one was be patient. Something I’ve been known to have trouble with.

The projects listed below are things we’ve done so far, and things we intend to complete in the near future. As I write the story of each, I’ll include my thoughts on what we’ve done right and what we’ve learned from the things that haven’t gone as planned. I hope you find these stories useful and, if nothing else, amusing. We try to have fun at whatever we do, otherwise, why do it!

So look for these stories coming soon to Acorn Hill Garden Projects:

A year of observation, four seasons at Acorn Hill
A path through the wilderness, making the upper and lower trails
The long and short of it, creating a view from the porch
Keeping the hounds at bay, do-it-yourself garden fencing
High on a hill, creating the hilltop garden

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