Salvias and the Hummers that Love Them
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2021
During my time writing for 10,000 Birds, I have made no secret of my love for salvias — especially Michoacán’s native salvias. In fact, I have nine species of salvias growing in my small garden as I write these lines: six natives I grew from cuttings ( Salvias mexicana , purpurea , longistyla , patens , and two I have yet to ID), one grown from seed from my sister’s garden in California ( Salvia leucantha ), one purchased in a local nursery ( Salvia greggii ), and one purchased
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