Some new red Salvias now in the United States

Salvia species from Peru, section Biflorae (Robin Middleton's Salvia SL411)
This one blooms as soon as it gets a couple feet tall, during the summer.

Salvia dichlamys, tentatively identified as such by Christian Froissart.  This sage is similar to Salvia microphylla in habit,
but also has characteristics of S. fulgens (cardinalis form), especially in the flower.  There are other poorly characterized
sages like S. orizabensis and S. schaffneri that have similar appearances and taxonomic status.

Both of these sages have done quite well for me during the exceptional drought in central North Carolina in 2007.
The dichlamys takes a little longer to bloom, and these both should make great hummingbird plants.  I hope to
spread them around this winter and coming spring

Offer thanks to Robin Middleton, who kindly supplied seed to me over tha last few years,
and to Christian Froissart, who is making a diligent effort to get them correctly identified.

Richard Dufresne, October 17, 2007