I am trying to find in our limited horticultural refs (Bailey, Hortus
III) and at local nurseries, and on the Web, the name of a tree-like
Salvia species which is a shrub that can be trained to a tree-like
form about 8 ft high. No tall Salvias in the literature fit this
form, which grows in 2 places in our city. The leaves are very
distinctive, looking like a palmately-lobed leaf with narrow linear
lobes. (It's probably pinnate, though - hard to diagnose!)
Flowers are dark purple, plant is very aromatic. Any ideas? -NH
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---Nancy Harrison, SRJC Life Sciences, Santa Rosa CA 95401
http://www.sonic.net/~vulpia/index.html (with link to CNPS in Sonoma
County)
