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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: Umbrian on August 20, 2018, 06:32:54 AM

Title: Pink-flowered Salvia ID'd by Charithea and Fermi as Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst'
Post by: Umbrian on August 20, 2018, 06:32:54 AM

Earlier this year I bought several new Salvias and this one has been particularly pleasing not only producing a continuous display of flowers but also several self seeded plants, one of which has already started to flower. Unfortunately I have lost its label and wonder if anyone can provide me with a name?

Title: Pink-flowered Salvia ID'd by JohnJ and Fermi as Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst'
Post by: Fermi on August 20, 2018, 10:29:00 AM

Hi Carole,
it looks a bit like a pink form of Salvia coccinea
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Salvia ID
Post by: John J on August 20, 2018, 02:39:50 PM

Hi Carole, I also think your salvia is a coccinea. I believe it is 'Brenthurst'.  I have the same one here.  I got the seeds from the Seed bank and it has been flowering almost all year.  I am using John's computer because my Ipad is having a tantrum. Charithea

Title: Re: Salvia ID
Post by: Umbrian on August 21, 2018, 06:33:57 AM

Many thanks Fermi and Charithea - good to have the name when offering plants to friends.

Title: Re: Pink-flowered Salvia ID'd by Charithea and Fermi as Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst'
Post by: David Dickinson on September 02, 2018, 06:22:54 PM

Charithea and John kindly gave me some seed and it has come up for me but is yet to flower - my fault as I kept all the seedlings in a very small pot for a long time, Hoping for flowers soon. Thanks to you both for the seeds.

My main purpose in writing is to say to Umbrian to hold on to some of the seed, I have read that it is not hardy in our parts but that it is a variety of which the seeds come true. Hope that the first fact is not true and that the second one is. Let's see.