Salvia gesneriiflora - Revision history

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==SF Botanic Garden info==
A large, evergreen perennial [[salvia]] from Mexico. Woody at base, 12-15 feet high. "Mountain form" grows to only 8" high. Can be kept to 5 or 6' high by keeping trimmed in summer after bloom. Has 1.5 - 2" vermillion flowers. 'Tequila' variety has deep brown calyxes and flower stems. Grows in full sun or part shade. Blooms winter to spring. Will take clay soil. Fairly drought tolerant. Hardy to about 25 degrees F.

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-A large, evergreen perennial [[salvia]] from Mexico. Woody at base, 12-15 feet high. "Mountain form" grows to only 8" high.  Can be kept to 5 or 6' high by keeping trimmed in summer after bloom.  Has 1.5 - 2" vermillion flowers. 'Tequila' variety has deep brown calyxes and flower stems. Grows in full sun or part shade. Blooms winter to spring. Will take clay soil. Fairly drought tolerant. Hardy to about 25 degrees F.
+'''''Salvia gesneriiflora''''' is a herbaceous perennial or subshrub native to mountainous provinces of the [[Sierra Madre Oriental]] in Mexico, growing at 7,500-10,000 ft elevation. It was named in honor of 15th century Swiss botanist [[Conrad Gessner]], for whom the genus ''[[Gesneria]]'' and family [[Gesneriaceae]] are also named. The long tubular flowers of this salvia resemble ''Gesneria'' flowers.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=129|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA129}}</ref>
 ==Cultivation==
+A large, evergreen perennial [[salvia]] from Mexico. Woody at base, 12-15 feet high. "Mountain form" grows to only 8" high.  Can be kept to 5 or 6' high by keeping trimmed in summer after bloom.  Has 1.5 - 2" vermillion flowers. 'Tequila' variety has deep brown calyxes and flower stems. Grows in full sun or part shade. Blooms winter to spring. Will take clay soil. Fairly drought tolerant. Hardy to about 25 degrees F.
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 A large, evergreen perennial [[salvia]] from Mexico. Woody at base, 12-15 feet high. "Mountain form" grows to only 8" high.  Can be kept to 5 or 6' high by keeping trimmed in summer after bloom.  Has 1.5 - 2" vermillion flowers. 'Tequila' variety has deep brown calyxes and flower stems. Grows in full sun or part shade. Blooms winter to spring. Will take clay soil. Fairly drought tolerant. Hardy to about 25 degrees F.