A couple of weeks ago I bought two ‘Mystic Spires’ Salvia. Botanically known as Salvia hybrid ‘Balsamisp’, this plant is a hit with me so far. I had to fend off bees to cut the flowers. Actually deadheading the plant as so many new buds are forming; I wanted to give the buds room to grow. That left me with short stemmed flowers and a floral engineering task.
I unceremoniously jammed some tiny pots into the vase and placed a glass frog on top of them, bits of a wine cork hold the glass frog level at the top. This works, although the vase must be filled precariously to the rim with water as the Salvia drink a lot..maybe it is the wine cork.
I will be interested to see how these perennial Salvia fare through the summer. Planted in full south facing sun and extremely well drained soil. Another mystery for the Mystic.
A closer view.
I decided a spires theme would work here. The white spires are Sweet Almond Bush (Aloysia virgata); the spiky foliage, Asparagus Fern, a volunteer in my garden; the chartreuse leaves are from a Plectranthus of unknown origin. The blue container, a Christmas gift from my brother’s family long ago.
Finally, it is spring! Happy Gardening and thank you to Cathy at http://www.ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com for hosting. Follow the link to see more spring in a vase this Monday.
The Shrub Queen 
That is a beautiful salvia and so well filled out. I’ll have to keep that in mind.
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thanks, I am pleased with it.
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I love this and, after similar machinations balancing flowers with my “triplets”, I can appreciate the challenges your faced pulling it together. ‘Mystic Spires’ is among my favorite Salvias – I can’t keep ‘Amistad’ alive but ‘Mystic Spires’ has hung on for years in some corners of my garden.
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Thank you, glad to hear Mystic thrives in your garden.
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That’s a pretty salvia with full, fat buds. I hope it does well for you… salvia are pretty tough!
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Thanks, Eliza. My first non native Salvia..the natives are super tough..
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This is just specatacular. Love the limited palette. That’s a nice salvia. I can’t seem to keep purple salvias but rescued some my neighbor was digging out last year so we’ll see. The white Sweet Almond Bush spires are a nice touch against the foliage.
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Thank you. I am wondering if I will be able to keep the Salvia. I have zillions of the reseeding native one.
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Not so foreign this time. I actually grew ‘Mystic Spires’ salvia, although I do not recognize the hybrid name. Sweet almond bush remains unfamiliar, but that is nothing new.
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I thought that botanical name was odd, the Sweet Almond is tropical, Zone 10.
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Isn’t Florida almost as famous as California for ‘odd’?
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If not more..
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Um, . . . no.
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What a gorgeous Salvia. Such a pretty vase and worth the trouble with keeping everything in place. 😃
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Thanks, Cathy. I will have to post a picture of these German heirloom tomatoes I have grown, called Riesenstrube (I think) they are called pole tomatoes here and are like big heart shaped cherry tomatoes, very tasty. I think of you when I pick them.
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😃 And I will be sowing mine in a week or so!
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I planted seed in September!
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