Salvia patens 'Guanajuato', Guanajuato Gentian Sage partial shade soft yellow flowers with the

soft yellow flowers with the slightest green tinge stand upright over a wide collar of leaves

and we watch in anticipation every summer as it creeps back over our rocks

with the hummer in mind (and I don't mean the SUV

Chrysojasminum parkeri)

Salvia patens 'Guanajuato', Guanajuato Gentian Sage partial shade soft yellow flowers with the'Guanajuato' was discovered in 1991 during an English botanical expedition in the Sierra de Guanajuato in Mexico. Two inch long Gentian blue parrot's beak flowers bloom in mid to late summer (for us well into fall) on this branching clumper. Contrary to what you might think, it prefers bright or dappled shade. Mulch heavily for winter in the Northwest. Sharp drainage is its fervent desire because, again contrary to what you might think, 'Guanajuato'