Thanks 'whoever' you are that sent me this seed. There was at least one. I know that Nancy send some last June, but they never germinated or blew elsewhere...
But, this morning there was one plant blooming (not where I planted them)! I am so pleased, as I really wanted a white Salvia.
So, if you send me some seeds and also had some Salvia coccinea 'pure white' in your garden, maybe it 'snuck in there' somehow.

ˇGracias!

Greggii Wild Thing makes lots of white greggii babies and those I'll collect for you this summer when they ripen.

Thanks, Ward. The seed pods on the short scarlet Canna indica are looking good & full!

I sorry I can't harvest sooner - right now we're under 6 inches of snow. This has been a colder winter than we've seen in quite a few years and a walk along the sage row the other day found 3/4 of the plants without green leaves. It takes quite a bit of faith to think that below the ground a candle still burns and that in April new life will appear. Experience teaches a little optimism, cautious optimism. Elsewhere you mentioned having trouble with North American plants and who knows about these. I did see photos at a friends house a couple of weeks ago showing Salvia microphylla growing in a dry area near the Sierra O. in eastern Mexican, among cactus and agaves. They looked very pleased to me.

I am having no problem with the plants, it's that the hummers aren't using them as much as expected!!! Not even the Ruby throats.
I guess they want the hummer equivalent of 'Gallo pinto' not North American food!
A tropical diet, maybe?

I expect you are right. Around here Ruby-throats often bypass perfectly good nectar plants.

I found this at my garden center labeled "Hummingbird White". I didn't see any use at all but it sure was pretty. I was able to harvest very little seed but will try to get more this year & watch a little closer.

Joni
Elwood, IL
Zone 5

Patricia, that white Salvia coccinea might well be from some seed I sent. One of the many color varieties of the species is 'Vermilion', which is a soft reddish orange. The seeds can be maddeningly difficult to germinate, sometimes taking a year or more to sprout. About 15% of those seedlings will flower pure white and their progeny will not revert to the original 'Vermilion'. The white ones tend to come up here and there around the yard and they are well used by the birds.

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9

Nancy, wherever it came from, I am happy! It is very pretty. I always say, as long as I can one plant to grow, I should have seeds for more...
Photo below is not the best, as the plant is still low to the ground and it it 'wet and very windy' here, which is very unusual for this time of year.
Thanks again to all who have sent seeds, they are very much appreciated!