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Salvia repens

Creeping Sage

Family LamiaceaeGenus Salvia

Pale violet flowers up a slender spike above toothed leaves
Flowerpeganum from Small Dole, EnglandCC BY-SA 2.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pale violetRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern ProvincesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Creeping sage, from South Africa and Lesotho, was described and named by George Bentham in 1833, from a description by William John Burchell. Repens refers to its creeping rootstock. Wikipedia: Salvia repens

This source reports three treatments. All are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 24, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 12 days to germinate.

60% germination in 2–12 days.

60% in under a fortnight. The straightforward route.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, SalviaPublic domain
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Salvia (Lamiaceae). S. repens germ. 70(60% in 2-12 d), 40(46% in 2-6 w)-70(none), and 40% in March in outdoor treatment.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Salvia. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around February 22, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

    46%, over 2-6 weeks.

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

    Nothing further.

Germination happens during step 2, in 42 days.

46% germination in 14–42 days.

46% in the cold itself, and nothing at all after the move to 70.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, SalviaPublic domain
Show the original text
Salvia (Lamiaceae). S. repens germ. 70(60% in 2-12 d), 40(46% in 2-6 w)-70(none), and 40% in March in outdoor treatment.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Salvia. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 3

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow outdoors and leave it

    Up in March.

No stated waiting before sowing.

40% germination.

40%, up in March.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, SalviaPublic domain
Show the original text
Salvia (Lamiaceae). S. repens germ. 70(60% in 2-12 d), 40(46% in 2-6 w)-70(none), and 40% in March in outdoor treatment.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Salvia. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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