Perennials: Strange Salvia from involucrata, 0 by 2salvia

2salvia wrote:
This is from a seed from Salvia involucrata 'Boutin'...which may be the same as 'Hadspen'. It appears to have hybridised...or may be just a freak!!! Flowering now, late December, under glass.

Foliage so different from involucrata...also it is winter-flowering, and a small bushy plant. Cannot imagine what it may have crossed with...as no winter-flowering species were flowering at the same time as the summer-flowering involucrata. Another Salvia collector 150 miles from here had an identical experience. Could it just be a freak? But the foliage is very strange.....

Think about this...and Happy New Year to you all!

Robin.