The New Book of Salvias
Sages for Every Gardena book by Betsy ClebschDrawings by Carol D. Barner
Following the great success of Betsy Clebsch’s first book on salvias comes this expanded edition, The New Book of Salvias: Sages for Every Garden. Betsy has added more than 50 new species and cultivars such as Salvia castanea and Salvia recurva,
bringing the total to approximately 150 beautiful, gardenworthy species
and significant hybrids. She documents them alphabetically and includes
botanical descriptions, information on habit, blooming cycle,
recommended companion plants, and delightful historical tidbits of
discovery and usage. Nearly 100 new photos and illustrations make this
new edition even more attractive than its predecessor.
Winner of Garden Writers Association Garden Globe Award
Media reviews of this book:
“The book is well written and includes valuable cultural information, botanical drawings and color photographs.”
—Jeneen Wiche, January 31, 2005
“As soon as the first edition was released, it became the classic salvia
reference book. The new edition is even better, with more photographs,
beautiful illustrations, and the inclusion of 50 more plants.”
—Amy Stewart, North Coast Journal, April 17, 2003
“Her ideas on plant companions and instructions on propagation should prove very valuable to salvia lovers.”
—Nancy Brachey, The Charlotte Observer, June 28, 2003
“The book offers anything and everything one might need to know about salvia.”
—Marlene Feduris, Amarillo Globe-News, August 26, 2004
“An expanded edition of Betsy’s first wonderful book on salvias, describing more than 50 new species and cultivars and how to use them in your garden.”
—University of California Botanical Garden Newsletter, Spring 2004
Paperback, 344 pages, 6" x 9", 149 color photos, 9 color drawings, 74 line drawings
©2003, Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-913-3
An excerpt from this book:
Described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, Salvia officinalis has long been known and grown. Old herbal books tell of the miraculous properties attributed to it:
He who would live for aye
Must eat sage in May.
Called sage or garden sage in early times, the specific epithet, officinalis,
refers to the plant being sold in shops for its medicinal virtues.
Found in the wild on the northern slopes of the Mediterranean,
including Asia Minor, it is renowned for its culinary and medicinal
properties.
About Betsy Clebsch
Betsy Clebsch is a noted amateur botanist and horticulturist in Northern
California, having made and tended five gardens in Virginia, Texas, and
California. Clebsch has participated in a number of plant explorations
and regularly exchanges seed and rare plants, particularly salvias,
with many botanical gardens.
Ordering information:The New Book of Salvias Sages for Every Garden (Paperback) (B-018)
Each $19.95
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Salvia argentea
Salvia arizonica
Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’
Salvia confertiflora
Salvia corrugata
Salvia ‘El Cielo Blue’
Salvia forsskaolii
Salvia greggii ‘Wild Thing’
Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’
Salvia guaranitica ‘Blue Ensign’
Salvia involucrata ‘Mulberry Jam’
Salvia x jamensis ‘Pat Vlasto’
Salvia leucantha x elegans ‘Anthony Parker’
Salvia melissodora (Yucca Do Form)
Salvia mexicana ‘Limelight’
Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’
Salvia nemorosa ‘Rosenwein’
Salvia pratensis ‘Swan Lake’
Salvia ‘Purple Majesty’
Salvia reptans
Salvia sclarea ‘Vatican White’
Salvia semiatrata
Salvia sinaloensis
Salvia vanhoutii (Burgundy Form)
Salvia vanhoutii ex. ‘Paul’
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
Salvia pratensis ‘Twilight Serenade’
Salvia nubicola
Salvia urica
Salvia cacaliaefolia
Salvia holwayi
Salvia microphylla x greggii ‘Red Velvet’
Salvia microphylla ‘San Carlos Festival’
Salvia microphylla ‘Wild Watermelon’
Salvia ‘Silke’s Dream’
Salvia pratensis ‘Sweet Esmeralda’
Salvia involucrata ‘Hidalgo’
Salvia microphylla ‘Hoja Grande’
Salvia ‘Waverly’
Salvia ‘Pozo Blue’
Salvia brandegeei ‘Pacific Blue’
Salvia chiapensis
Salvia clevelandii ‘Whirly Blue’
Salvia greggii ‘Lowry’s Peach’
Salvia mexicana ‘Compton’s Form’
Salvia microphylla ‘Dennis’ Pink’
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Salvia reptans West Texas Form
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