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Products > Salvia x jamensis 'Golden Girl' PP23,997   Salvia x jamensis 'Golden Girl' PP23,997 - Golden Girl Sage       Habit and Cultural Information Category: Perennial Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (Mints) Origin: Southwest (U.S.) (North America) Flower Color: Peach Bloomtime: Spring/Fall Parentage: (S. greggii x S. microphylla?) Height: 2-3 feet Width: 2-4 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F Salvia x jamensis 'Golden Girl' (Golden Girl Sage) - This compact subshrub to 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide with 1/2 long elliptic dark green leaves that have a pleasant scent when bruised and butter yellow flowers with an orange blush on the upper exterior through much of the year with peak bloom in early summer until first frost in fall. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to regularly - tolerant of overhead irrigation. Cold hardy to at least 20° F. Repeat bloom is encouraged by light tip pruning through summer months and trim dry stems and shape plants in early spring. This plants parentage actually is unknown but is so similar to plants in the Salvia x jamensis group that most have used this name for the plant. It was a spontaneous seedling hybrid discovered by Nevin Smith in 2005 at Suncrest Nursery in Watsonville, California where it was growing within crops of Salvia greggii, Salvia microphylla and hybrids between these two species, which are called Salvia x jamensis. In their listing they consider it a third generation hybrid that combines the best features of Salvia greggii and those of the S. x jamensis group. It is shorter and slower-growing than a typical Salvia greggii, and extremely compact with heavier blooming than most plants in the group and noted as having excellent long-blooming garden performance and responding well to pruning. It received U.S. Plant Patent 23,997 in October 2013.  This information is based on research conducted about this plant in our nursery library and from reliable online sources. We also take into consideration observations of it in our nursery of crops, as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens we have visited. We will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if it includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Salvia x jamensis 'Golden Girl' PP23,997.     [MORE INFO]