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Salvia BODACIOUS® Hummingbird Falls
Salvia x gauranitica
The World’s First Hanging Basket Salvia
We’re super-excited about this new collaboration with Dümmen Orange, bred in California by Kermit Carter at Flowers by the Sea. Salvia BODACIOUS® Hummingbird Falls is the first Salvia x guaranitica bred for hanging baskets or the very front of the flower border.
First cuttings are available for North America from Dümmen Orange, fall, 2021.
- Unique, compact mushroom habit.
- Large saturated dark blue blooms with striking black calyx.
- Compact, 4-inch flower stems.
- Ideal for 8-10″ baskets, containers, garden borders, and mass landscape plantings.
| USDA Zone: | 7 - 8 |
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| Height: | 12 to 24-inches 30 to 61-centimeters |
| Spread: | 18 to 36-inches 46 to 91-centimeters |
| Seasons: | Spring, Autumn |
| Flower Colors: | Blue |
| Foliage Colors: | Dark Green |
| Light Levels: | Full-Sun |
| Growth Habit: | Compact |
| Usage: | Hanging Baskets, Borders, Containers, Garden border, Mass landscape planting |
| Patent Status: | PP 33,891 |
| Origin: | California |
Grower Culture |
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| Crop Timing from Rooted Liners: |
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| 6-inch: | 6 to 8-weeks with 1 ppp |
| 8-inch: | 10 to 12-weeks with 1 ppp |
| Other Varieties in the Collection: |
• Salvia BODACIOUS® ‘Rhythm and Blues’ • Salvia BODACIOUS® ‘Smokey Jazz’ • Salvia BODACIOUS® ‘Jammin’ Jazz’ |
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