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Flower of the Month

Salvia flowering times can vary, depending on the season, climate and the area in which the Salvias are growing. There may well be a difference between the flowering times of country Victoria and the gardens in the Melbourne Metropolitan area. What ever your location, there will always be some Salvias in flower. Select your season or month to find what is flowering when.

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SALVIAS FLOWERING IN THE SUMMER MONTHS

DECEMBER	JANUARY	FEBUARY
africana	africana	africana
aurea	aurea	aurea
'African Skies’	’African Skies’	’African Skies’
‘Anthony Parker’	’Anthony Parker’	’Anthony Parker’
‘Black Knight’	‘Black Knight’	arizonica
blepharophylla	blepharophylla	buchananii
canariensis	chamaedryoides	chamaedryoides
chamaedryoides	chamelaeagnea	chamelaeagnea
chamelaeagnea	‘Christine Yeo’	‘Christine Yeo’
‘Christine Yeo’	chiapensis	coahulensis
chiapensis	coahulensis	coccinea vars
coahulensis	coccinea vars	confertiflora
coccinea vars	confertiflora	corrugata
confertiflora	corrugata	‘Costa Rican Blue’
corrugata	disermas	chiapensis
disermas	dolimitica	discolor
dolimitica	gesneriiflora	disermas
gesneriiflora	gesneriifolia var'Tequila'	dolimitica
gesneriiflora var'Tequila'	greggii vars	gesneriiflora
greggii vars	flocculosa	gesneriiflora var 'Tequila'
flocculosa	‘Harmony’	greggii vars
‘Harmony’	‘Hot Lips’	flocculosa
‘Hot Lips’	‘IndigoSpires’	‘Harmony’
‘IndigoSpires’	lanceolata	‘Hot Lips’
lanceolata	leucantha	‘Joan’
leucantha	‘Joan’	lanceolata
‘Joan’	‘Marine Blue’	leucantha
‘Marine Blue’	microphylla vars	‘Marine Blue’
microphylla vars	‘Mystic Spires’	microphylla vars
‘Mystic Spires’	muellerii	‘Mystic Spires’
muellerii	muirii	muellerii
muirii	patens	muirii
scabra	‘Phyllis Fancy’	patens
subrotunda	subrotunda	‘Phyllis Fancy’
uliginosa	uliginosa	uliginosa
viscosa	viscosa	'VanHoutii
waverly	waverly	waverly
'Wendy's Wish'	'Wendy's Wish'	'Wendy's Wish'

SALVIAS FLOWERING IN AUTUMN

MARCH	APRIL	MAY
aethiopsis	‘African Sky'	africana syn A. caerulea
'African Sky'	arizonica	'African Sky'
aurea syn Africana-lutea	azurea	‘Bethellii’
arizonica	‘Bethellii’	buchananii
azurea	buchananii	chamaedryoides
'Bethelii'	chamaedryoides	chamelaeagnea
broussonettii	chamelaeagnea	chiapensis
buchananii	chiapensis	‘Christine Yeo’
chamaedryoides	‘Christine Yeo’	coccinea var
chamelaeagnea	coccinea var	‘Costa Rican Blue’
‘Christine Yeo’	corrugata	discolor
coccinea var	‘Costa Rican Blue’	elegans pineapple
corrugata	discolor	flocculosa
‘Costa Rican Blue’	disermas	‘Harmony’
chiapensis	elegans pineapple	‘Hot Lips’
disermas	gesneriiflora	‘IndigoSpires’
gesneriiflora	gesneriiflora var 'Tequila'	‘Joan’
gesneriiflora var'Tequila'	greggii vars	‘Marine Blue’
greggii 'Bicolor'	‘Harmony’	‘Meigan’s Magic’
‘Harmony’	‘Hot Lips’	mexicana’Limelight’
‘Hot Lips’	‘IndigoSpires’	mexicana ‘Lolly’
‘IndigoSpires’	‘Joan’	microphylla vars
‘Joan’	leucantha	muellerii
leucantha	‘Marine Blue’	murii
‘Marine Blue’	microphylla vars	‘MysticSpires’
microphylla vars	muellerii	polystachya
muellerii	muirii	purberula
muirii	‘MysticSpires’	‘Purple Majesty’
‘MysticSpires’	nubicola	semiatrata
nubicola	polystachya	scuttellariodes
patens	subrotundra	subrotundra
subrotundra	scabra	scabra
‘Van Houttii’	‘Van Houttii’	‘Van Houttii’
Waverly’	Waverly’	Waverly’
'Wendy;s Wish'	'Wendy;s Wish'



SALVIAS FLOWERING IN WINTER

JUNE	JULY	AUGUST
adenophora	‘Black Knight’	‘Black Knight’
‘Bethellii’	cacaliifolia	cacaliifolia
‘Black Knight’	chiapensis	‘Christine Yeo’
chiapensis	‘Christine Yeo’	coahulensis
‘Christine Yeo’	coahulensis	coccinea vars
coahulensis	‘Cookie’	concolor
coccinea vars	‘Costa Rican Blue’	‘Costa Rican Blue’
‘Cookie’	'Desley'	Desley'
‘Costa Rican Blue’	elegans pineapple	elegans pineapple
darcyi	roscida syn fallax	roscida syn fallax
'Desley'	flocculosa	flocculosa
discolor	flocculosa	flocculosa
elegans pineapple	gesneriiflora	gesneriiflora
roscida syn fallax	gerneriiflora. var’Tequila’	gesneriiflora. var’Tequila’
flocculosa	‘Hot Lips’	‘Hot Lips’
‘Harmony’	involucrata spp	involucrata spp
‘Hot Lips’	Inv.’Mulberry Jam’	inv.’Mulberry Jam’
nv.’Pink Icicles’	Inv.’Pink Icicles’	inv.’Pink Icicles’
‘Joan’	iodantha	inv.’Romantic Rose’
‘Marine Blue’	‘Joan’	Inv.’Timboon Red’
‘Meigan’s Magic’	macrophylla	iodantha
mellisiodora	‘Marine Blue’	‘Joan’
mexicana’Limelight’	‘Meigan’s Magic’	karwinskii
mexicana ‘Lolly’	mellisiodora	macrophylla
microphylla vars	mexicana major	‘Marine Blue’
muellerii	mexicana ‘Alba’	‘Meigan’s Magic’
‘Mystic Spires’	muellerii	mellisiodora
‘Navajo Purple’	‘Navajo Purple’	microphylla vars
'Phyllis Fancy'	'Phyllis Fancy'	‘Navajo Purple’
puberula	adenophora syn pulchella	'Phyllis Fancy'
‘Purple Majesty’	puberula	adenophora syn pulchella
semiatrata	‘Purple Majesty’	‘Purple Majesty’
scuttellariodes	semiatrata	semiatrata
subrotundra	scuttellariodes	scuttellariodes
univerticillata	subrotundra	subrotundra
‘Van Houttii’	‘Van Houttii’	univerticillata
‘Wendy’s Wish’	‘Wendy’s Wish’	‘Wendy’s Wish’




SALVIAS FLOWERING IN SPRING

SEPTEMBER	OCTOBER	NOVEMBER
adenophora	adenophora	argentea
‘Black Knight’	apiana	aethiopsis
coahulensis	‘Blackknight’	‘Anthony Parker’
‘Costa Rican Blue’	coahulensis	blepharophylla
discolor	chamaedryoides	broussonettii
dorisiana	desoleana	canariensis
flocculosa	dorisiana	desoleana
fruticosa	eiggii	dolomitica
gesneriifolia	forskaohlei	eiggii
gesne g. var’Tequila’	fruticosa	forskaohlei
greggii vars	gesneriiflora	gesneriiflora
‘Hot Lips’	gesneriifolia. var’Tequila’	gesneriifolia. var’Tequila’
involucrata spp	greggii vars	greggii vars
‘Hadspen’	‘Hot Lips’	‘Greek Skies’
‘Pink Icicles’	‘Pink Icicles’	‘Harmony’
‘Romantic Rose’	‘Romantic Rose’	‘Hot Lips’
‘Timboon Red’	‘Timboon Red’	karwinskii
iodantha	iodantha	leucantha vars
‘Joan’	‘Joan’	leucophylla
karwinskii	karwinskii	microphylla vars
leucantha vars	leucantha vars	miniata
lyrata	leucophylla	nemerosa vars
‘Marine Blue’	microphylla vars	officinalis vars
microphylla vars	nemerosa vars	pratensis vars
nemerosa vars	pratensis vars	repens
pratensis vars	‘Purple Majesty’	romeriana
adenophora syn pulchella	rumicifolia	rubescens
‘Purple Majesty’	sclarea	scabra
rumicifolia	sagittata	spathacea
sagittata	superba vars	staminea
semiatrata	subrotundra	superba vars
superba vars	sylvestris vars	subrotundra
subrotundra	transylvanica	sylvestris vars
sylvestris vars	uliginosa	transylvanica
uliginosa	verticilliata vars	uliginosa
univerticillata	wagneriana	wagneriana
verticilliata vars	waverly	waverly
wagneriana	'Wendy;s Wish'	'Wendy's Wish'

Salvia Study Group of Victoria

Flower of the Month

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SALVIAS FLOWERING IN THE SUMMER MONTHS

SALVIAS FLOWERING IN AUTUMN

SALVIAS FLOWERING IN WINTER

SALVIAS FLOWERING IN SPRING