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sunkissed wrote:
Last night I was watching the hummer and it also loves the native Salvia coccinea, it will pop up all over the garden.

Wren I have had that Red Crimson passi vine for several years and the butterflies seem to just know not to lay eggs on it, they will fly around it but never have I seen them lay an egg on it, but I have the purple and Lady Margaret and they lay the eggs on that one, maybe as long as you have more than just the Red Crimson vine, seems they just know. I forgot about the black and blue salvia, hummers do like that one also.

I've had Wendy's wish salvia for a few seasons now, cuttings will root very easily and I've started new plants. It takes the cold pretty well also.

Salvia Coccinea and Wendy's wish