[Fermi]

Okay, now for a "new" salvia - Salvia rosmarinus!
Look Familiar?
It's "Rosemary" which has been re-classified as a Salvia!!!
Here is a white flowered form we grow by the steps and the prostrate blue flowered form.
cheers
fermi

[Umbrian]

Oh dear - whatever next - too much for my ageing grey cells to cope with!

[Alisdair]

This is Salvia rosmarinus 'Severn Sea', one of the most vividly blue cultivars we've come across (sorry about the iffy focus - it was a bit blowy here today)

[Umbrian]

Beautiful colour Alisdair.....will have to forgive change of name as can see.

[Fermi]

Salvia 'Celestial Blue' is flowering well this spring. It's growing in a raised bed along with Santolina magonica (third pic)
cheers
fermi

[Charithea]

Hi Fermi. Your Salvia 'Celestrial Blue' resemble my Allen Chickering  which are still aestivating.

[Fermi]

Hi Charithea,
Someone on Instagram has pointed out that it's not 'Celestial Blue' - which should has reddish calyces! He suggested that it could be 'Pozo Blue'. I've emailed the supplier to ask his opinion but I'm not sure if he still sells it as we got it from him over a dozen years ago, I think.
cheers
fermi

[David Dickinson]

From the photos in the links it does look like it is S. "Pozzo Blue".
https://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/607--salvia-pozo-blue
https://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/744--salvia-celestial-blue

Also, given that you have had it for a while, it seems that S. "Celestial Blue" would be much taller

Being a bit of a Salvia freak (will I ever grow out of this phase?) I immediately looked up S. "Celestial Blue" and just now S. "Pozzo Blue". What is interesting is that both, but more so S. "Pozzo Blue", will tolerate some summer water.

Thanks for putting me onto these 2 lovely Salvias Fermi :-)

[Fermi]

Thanks, David,
I got a reply from David at Lambley Nursery. He said that he got it from a wholesaler who had it named that way. So the mistake happened further up the food chain
It could simply be because they imported both and labels got switched or were supplied the wrong plant from overseas. It was a long time ago so it looks like we might be stuck with it!
cheers
fermi