Salvia adds spiky texture and vertical lift to the garden, as well as those elusive shades of blue — Indigo Spires, Mystic Spires Blue, Mysty Blue and Big Blue. Proven Winners has introduced the new ...

Rockin salvias are living up to that name in Georgia. I have never claimed to be a Madison Avenue marketing guru but the name Rockin for a salvia caught me as strange. Then again, who am I to instruct ...

If you’re planting a summer garden, area nurseries are filled with ideas. Here are seven perennials perfect for Houston. They will last not only this summer but for seasons to come. Salvia adds a bit ...

The question posed was: If you could only grow one flowering plant, what would it be? For me, the answer to that quiz is easy: salvias. Not only does this wonderfully-varied family of plants produce ...

Premium purple: Salvia x sylvestris ‘Amethyst’ was one of the top three finishers in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s five-year evaluation of hardy perennial sages for bloom and toughness. The highest ...

As I write this, I am on Day 211 of hummingbirds feeding at The Garden Guy’s house, marking the longest date on the calendar that I have had them, until hopefully tomorrow and the day after. I don’t ...

When it’s as cold as it’s been around here lately there’s not much to do outside. So this column is just a little of this and a little of that. You don’t need a thermometer to tell you how cold it is ...

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The question posed was: If you could only grow one flowering plant, what would it be? For me, the answer to that quiz is easy: salvias. Not only does this wonderfully-varied family of plants produce ...