LIBERTO’s SEEDS AND BULBS

SALVIA SEEDS 2018/2019

You’ve probably grown a few, but the genus Salvia can easily keep you busy trying new species for the

rest of your life. From drought-tolerant shrubs to cushion forming rock garden plants and tropical leafy monsters that get covered in flowers, it’s impossible not to find a Salvia that can fulfill your gardening

needs. They are very easy to grow from seed and in most cases reaching flowering within a year. Follow the salvia madness but beware, once you’re hooked, it’s for life!

Please scroll to the end of the catalog for sowing and ordering instructions.

Listings of orange color, are new items in the 2018/2019 list.

S10 Salvia aethiopis 3€/30seeds Coming from plains across the Balkans and Anatolia, this biennial will provide interest with its big silver leaves in the first year, and huge candelabra inflorescences of hundreds of creamy white flowers in the second. It will self-seed in the garden so be aware of that when placing it.

S20 Salvia africana-caerulea 4€/20seeds A very useful South African sage, it will form

beautiful rounded bushes that flower mainly in spring and repeat flowering during the summer according to water availability. Otherwise you can just forget to water it for months and it will still look healthy. Germinates better with smoke treatment.

S30 Salvia africana-lutea 3€/30seeds Similar to the above but with bigger grey leaves and huge flowers of a very different orange-brown color with darker calyces. Both can be cut back to the ground if overgrown. I tend to cut them back for rejuvenation every couple of years at the end of summer and then water them heavily to ensure regrowth. Germinates better with smoke treatment.

S35 Salvia aegyptiaca 3€/20seeds Rather for the dedicated Salvia collector, this small weedy

north African species has the tiniest flowers of any Salvia I’ve seen on small plants up to 20cm tall with slightly scented leaves.

S40 Salvia amplexicaulis 3€/30seeds A herbaceous perennial native to the Balkans and

further east, this resembles your classic S. nemorosa varieties but it can reach a meter in height and has a more natural feel. The flowers are dark purple-blue and contrast well with the pink-purple bracts.

S50 Salvia argentea, green leaves 3€/30seeds This form of silver sage, originally collected in olive yards near Athens, has greener leaves that are not felty as the more classic grey form. It is a biennial and in order to reach its maximum potential should be sown in spring for flowering the next year. If it is positioned in a well-drained spot and the spent flowers removed before they set leaves it can live and flower another couple of years.

S51 Salvia argentea, silver leaves 3€/30seeds Similar to the above but with silver, very hairy,

felty leaves. It is also more cold-hardy than the above, as this form is found in higher elevations naturally.

S60 Salvia ‘atropatana’ (=S. virgata) 3€/30seeds A very useful herbaceous perennial that flowers in late spring and will repeat flowering in summer if cut back. It forms beautiful rosettes in late winter and spring of big, green, rounded leaves that late give rise to very upright flowering stems with purple flowers. It is very drought tolerant in a Mediterranean climate, but will not look great in its summer dormancy if left unwatered. Although this plants goes around in the trade as S.atropatana, it is not in fact the true species but one of the many forms of the widespread S.virgata.

S70 Salvia azurea var. grandiflora 3€/20seeds A summer flowering herbaceous perennial from North America with wiry stems and long thin leaves and beautiful azure blue flower in summer. It needs summer water.

S80 Salvia barrelieri 3.30€/20seeds I find all North African sages to be beautiful and different and this is certainly both. A herbaceous perennial with big basal leaves that give rise to little branched flower spikes of up to 2m with big, ´hooded´ blue flowers. A very architectural plant that can act as an exclamation point in your planting. It can be very drought tolerant in xeric conditions, sometimes going completely leafless in the summer and coming back with the first rains of autumn.

S100 Salvia 'Blue Note’ 3.30€/20seeds A small rounded shrub with tiny leaves and hundreds of small purple-blue flowers for months on end.

S120 Salvia brandegei 'Pacific Blue' 3.30€/30seeds One of the Californian bush sages with very aromatic foliage and heavily clustered flowers spikes of blue flowers. Very drought tolerant as all its Californian relatives.

S130 Salvia canariensis var. candidissima 3.30€/20seeds As its name suggests, this Canary Islands native will make a bush up to 2m high with very hairy, almost white looking leaves and it still take drought in the summer. The big branched inflorescences have flowers and bracts in shades of pink and purple and last for many months.

S135 Salvia candidissima 3€/10seeds A plant suitable for a gravel or rock garden in a colder

climate as it doesn’t take well the summer heat of a Mediterranean climate because of its higher

elevation origins. It generally resembles a dwarf silver sage (S.argentea) to which it is related but with a more perennial character and mat forming habit.

S160 Salvia caudata 3€/20seeds Also known as ‘El Cielo Blue’ , this Mexican shrub forms a

medium size shrub with big green leaves and numerous 30cm blackish spikes with small bright

blue flowers with white markings. It tends to flower when the weather is cooler and the nights are longer. Temperatures around 0 Celsius will bring it to the ground but it will resprout from the base in spring. It is surprisingly very long lived.

S170 Salvia ceratophylla 4€/20seeds This rarely seen Middle Eastern species somewhat resembles silver sage but with dissected leaves (hence the name from the Greek ‘keraton’ =

horn) and branched flowering spikes of creamy yellow flowers.

S173Salvia chamaedryoides var. isochroma 4€/20seeds A classic and beloved Salvia, this

small silver leaved shrub with true blue flowers takes heat and drought without problems and revives when cooler weather or rain is available. Cut back often to maintain a rounded shape.

S175 Salvia ‘Chateau Cathare’ 3.50/30seeds A very low growing hybrid, presumed to be a cross between S. lavandulifolia and S. officinalis. Very worth growing as a ground cover (but don’t expect it to run much, it builds up in time). As this is a hybrid, who knows what will result from these seeds!

S180 Salvia chrysophylla 3.50€/20seeds One of my favorite Turkish species for its ability to withstand drought in the summer and still look fresh. Apple green leaves (I’m still wondering about the ‘chrysophylla’ part) and spikes of big bicolor light blue and white flowers.

S190 Salvia coccinea 3€/50seeds A great annual or short-lived perennial for a watered garden, this Salvia self-seeds readily in all the right spots – and if it does in the wrong one it is easy to pull. Spikes of red flowers all throughout summer and autumn.

S200 Salvia cyanescens 3€/20seeds Another Turkish favorite, S.cyanescens has rosettes of hairy silver leaves and multibranched spikes of light purple-blue flowers in spring. Very drought tolerant plant.

S210 Salvia darcyi 3.30€/20 seeds If I had to only have one Salvia for my watered garden, this would be the one. Reliably long lived, it disappears underground in the winter but from late spring through fall it unstoppably produces its brilliant big bright red flowers. Give it space as the stems can get quite large throughout the growing season, even though the rootstock will remain compact.

S220 Salvia desoleana 3.30€/20seeds From Sardinia, and with pungently aromatic leaves, this sage performs best under severe drought. Resembling a giant clary sage (Salvia sclarea) it has stems that will grow and remain upright (and up to 2 meters!) only without irrigation. Heavily flowering from spring through mid-summer, it is loved by bumblebees and bigger Hymenoptera – it is always fun to watch a group of them feeding from flower to flower.

S230 Salvia disermas, pink variety 3€/30seeds A South African sage that looks quite different from the rest of its relatives, this is a plant to put in a very sunny xeric position to make it attractive throughout the summer. The spikes of light pink flowers keep coming all summer long. The only negative would be the spent inflorescences that remain brown and dry on the plant, so give it a good shearing once in a while. Give it space as it likes to form big mounds.

S240 Salvia dominica 4€/20seeds A Middle Eastern and Cyprus native, this wonderfully scented sage is one of the first of the Mediterranean shrubby species to come into flower (as early as February) here. Forming rounded shrubs up to 1m high, it forms thousands of white-peach flowers that covere the plant and give it a ‘cloudy’ appearance. Cut back to base when it

gets too big. Wouldn’t garden without it.

S250 Salvia eigii 3€/30seeds For a semi-shade spot, the big basal leaves of S. eigii is one of the points of interest as they look very fresh during the winter. Wait till it flowers! Half to one meter high branched flower spikes of burgundy flowers will cover the plant from early to late spring. S. eigii together with S.viscosa and S.hierosolymitana are three similarly coloured and looking sages that nevertheless have differences between them that make them all very good garden plants.

S260 Salvia forskaohlei 3€/20 seeds. One of the few Salvias that will look best in shade, at least in a Mediterranean climate. Big basal leaves and tall spikes of purple-blue flower in late spring and early summer. Will not withstand drought.

S270 Salvia fruticosa 3€/30seeds A most popular sage in the Mediterranean for its use as an aromatic herbal tea, this is also a useful plant for a completely xeric garden, as it will not withstand watering during the summer. Light pink flowers cover the plant in spring and greyish green foliage that remains attractive and fresh in the summer.

S280 Salvia glutinosa 3€/30seeds Another Balkan native species that is suitable to shady and semi-shady situations, and one of the few yellow Old World Salvias. Likes to be watered. I always remove the first set of flowerspikes in late spring once they’re done, only to be followed

by a second flush of flowering in mid summer.

S285 Salvia greggii magenta variety 3€/20seeds I am particularly fond of this unnamed sage. It stays relatively compact, it is very branched and it generates an unstoppable profusion of magenta flowers. I find this much better behaved and useful than many of the commercially available x jamensis varieties.

S290 Salvia halophila 5€/20seeds A rarely seen Turkish species, this is an upright summer flowering herbaceous perennial salvia with ovate leaves and sky blue and white flowers. Very drought tolerant.

S300 Salvia heldreichiana 5€/20seeds A rare Turkish species, this is the correctly named S. heldreichiana species. Compared to the wrongly named S. heldreichiana in the trade (which is a large plant and most likely a hybrid as it never produces seed) this is a dwarf shrublet with small trifoliate leaves and fat spikes of sky blue flowers.

S310 Salvia hierosolymitana 3€/20seeds Very similar to S.eigii, but with smaller leaves and

longer, less branched but taller inflorescences, it is a very useful and long lived herbaceous perennial Salvia with an airy habit and nice burgundy flowers.

S330 Salvia indica 3€/20seeds A stunning Salvia, behaving as a winter annual, a biennial or a perennial if the conditions are right. Basal hairy leaves and 1m tall branched spikes with beautiful markings.

S340 Salvia interrupta 3.30€/20seeds This is probably my most favorite drought tolerant

shrubby sage. Very full clumps of lime green leaves that get bigger and flatter in time and can cover a whole square meter from which rise spikes of big fat sky blue flowers in spring. Wouldn’t

garden without it!

S350 Salvia judaica 4€/20seeds Closely related to the more common S.verticillata and

S.napifolia, this herbaceous perennial has the cutest spikes of magenta pink flowers. It can take drought but will look better and flower longer with some summer water.

S360 Salvia jurisicii 3€/20seeds A very different looking salvia from Bulgaria, with leaves that

are finely dissected and spikes of hairy flowers during late spring. Very long lived once established and increasing in size steadily.

S370 Salvia lavandulifolia ssp. vellerea 3.50€/20seeds This subspecies of Spanish sage is very different from the rest. Its most striking attribute are the large grey leaves and look beautiful all year long. Long flower spikes of light purple flowers in spring contrast well with the foliage.

S375 Salvia lyrata ‘Purple Knockout’ 3.5€/20seeds A Chinese species, grown mainly for its

dark foliage forming rosettes, but I find the small upright stems with contrasting white flowers a welcome addition.

S380 Salvia macrophylla 4€/20seeds From South America, with triangular wide leaves on relatively upright stems and the loveliest deep blue flowers on 20cm spikes. Needs regular summer irrigation to perform well.

S385 Salvia mellifera 3.50€/30seeds A shrubby Californian species, with very characteristically fragrant foliage and light purple spring flowers. Always welcome in a summer dry garden.

S390 Salvia mexicana 'Limelight' 3.50€/20seeds As the name suggests, a Mexican species that forms big multibranched shrubs within one growing season that in autumn are topped with

big fat spikes of purple/blue flowers with very contrasting lime green calyces. I prefer to keep it two years and the take cuttings again and pinch it several times during the growing season in order to make very branched shorter shrubs and the maximum amount of flower spikes.

S399 Salvia microphylla ‘Penny’s Smile’ 3.30€/20seeds Imagine a microphylla on steroids (this is more likely of darcyi x microphylla origin), this is a fast growing big leaved selection with extra large magenta pink flowers. An amazing plant for rich flowering all year long.

S400 Salvia microphylla 'Red Velvet' 3.00€/20seeds A classic microphylla selection with blood red flowers with black calyces (hot weather will change the calyces to green). Fast growing and always in flower.

S405 Salvia miltiorrhiza 3.50€/20seeds Apart from being one of the best known Chinese herbs, this species is also a very ornamental hardy herbaceous perennial with pinnate leaves and stems of about 60cms with big purple flowers in late spring and early summer. It can survive in a sunny or half shady situation.

S410 Salvia 'Montagne del'Hortus' 3.50€/20seeds This officinalis x fruticosa selection produces seed regularly in my garden, probably because there are so many other Salvias nearby! It is a beautiful small shrub which gets covered with spikes of baby pink flowers, but who knows what will come up from those seeds!

S420 Salvia moorcroftiana 3.50€/20seeds This stunning biennial (in my climate) from Pakistan and Nepal has impressive basal leaves, similar to Salvia sclarea and half meter high densely branched inflorescenes of light purple flowers. Makes a stunning plant when well grown.

S430 Salvia namaensis 3.00€/20seeds From South Africa and very un-salvia looking, this shrublet has aromatic foliage of tiny curly leaves and tiny long tubed light purple flowers. Mostly grown as a curiosity or companion plant, but who cares, it’s a Salvia!

S435 Salvia nana 3.50€/20seeds A plant that looks better if watered regularly through

summer, this has low foliage and upright flowering stems that carry a succession of blue flowers pretty much all year long.

S440 Salvia napifolia 3.00€/20seeds An eastern Mediterranean species, with much rounder leaves than S.verticillata and light purple whorled spikes in spring. I find it blends well with so many other plants and it is a great gap filler, selfseeding pleasantly in the garden. Very drought tolerant but will repeat flower if watered in the summer.

S450 Salvia nemorosa 'Rose Queen' 3.00€/20seeds A classic herbaceous perennial variety, this brings a pink touch to the big group of blue/purple varieties available.

S460 Salvia palaestina 4.30€/20seeds An interesting perennial species from the Middle East, with basal serrated leaves and 1m branched spikes of S.sclarea looking flowers.

S470 Salvia phlomoides 5.00€/20seeds No garden should be without this Turkish beauty, with rough, long whitish grey leaves that form tight clumps and look stunning in the summer even when not in flower but wait till the flowers come! Short spikes of deep purple big flowers make a great contrast with the foliage and will attract like a magnet any visitor to your rock or xeric garden.

S480 Salvia pinnata 5.00€/20seeds An exquisite subshrubby sage from Turkey, with deep green hairy leaves and big fat pink flowers very early in the season on contrasting burgundy calyces. In my warm Mediterranean garden, the flowering season starts as early as February and lasts a couple of months.

S500 Salvia pomifera subsp. calycina 3.00€/20seeds One of the most pleasantly aromatic of the Mediterranean shrubby sages, this is also used as a tea (don’t overboil the dry leaves as

your tea might turn sour) around the eastern Mediterranean. Otherwise just leave the big grey leaves on the plant to enjoy. Forget about watering it in the summer, as that can kill it in days, or make the plant generally shorted lived. Very useful as it does great in dry shady situations in problematic spots such as under pine trees!

S501 Salvia pomifera subsp. pomifera 3.00€/20seeds Similar to the above but the colours

on the flowers of this subspecies are even more intense. It also forms a more bushy plant, with more natural branching.

S510 Salvia pratensis 'Madeline’ 3.00€/20seeds A nice little herbaceous perennial with upright spikes of clearly bicolor blue and white flowers.

S520 Salvia pratensis ssp. haematodes 3.00€/20seeds Much different than any other S.pratensis you’ve grown, this Cretan subspecies has big basal leaves that lay flat on the

ground and give rise to over 1m tall branched candelabra spikes of relatively big sky blue flowers with white details. It disappears between other plants when flowering is finished.

S530 Salvia radula 3.00€/30seeds This South African species looks best when grown in full sun and periodically irrigated in the summer, although otherwise it is very drought tolerant. Full sun will ensure upright stems that won’t flop and showcase the white flower spikes in maximum.

S540 Salvia recognita 4.50€/20seeds Another Turkish Salvia, that you will love if you’re not

already in love with it. Sub shrubby species, with foliage that creates a mat on the ground and from which tall 1m spikes with baby pink flowers rise. A stunner!

S545 Salvia reptans Upright Form 4.00€/20seeds. A favorite late summer and autumn flowering sage, with upright stems dressed with pine like leaves and topped with the cutest azure blue flowers. The whole plant has a cloud like feeling and it’s a perfect companion for

other bigger salvias or other flowers.

S550 Salvia ringens 4.00€/20seeds I simply wouldn’t live without this Greece and Balkan

endemic species that takes heat and cold as no other. Ferny low foliage and 1m high spikes of big fat blue flowers.

S560 Salvia roemeriana 3.00€/20seeds A pretty annual or short-lived perennial, S. roemeriana comes from Texas, Arizona and Mexico and forms a small plant covered in long tubed fire red flowers. Readily self sows in the garden in all the right places.

S570 Salvia sclarea var. sclarea 3.00€/30seeds There are quite a few clary sage selections out there, but I especially love this classic Greek native pure subspecies. It stays short, it is reliably perennial and it has a very upright habit. Humble, but more natural compared to the next two.

S571 Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica 3.00€/30seeds Definitely flashier than the above with taller stems, bigger leaves and huge flowerheads that unfurl as they form.

S572 Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica 'Alba’ 3.00€/30seeds As above but with pure white flowers and bracts.

S580 Salvia spathacea 4.00€/20seeds Very distinctive Californian sage, perfect for a semi shady situation. This selection has coral red flowers.

S590 Salvia spinosa 5.00€/20seeds A curiosity but still quite beautiful! A Turkish biennial species with basal leaves and a big rounded branched inflorescence of white flowers on lime green calyces.

S599 Salvia splendens ‘Jimmy’s Good Red’ 3.50€/20seeds Are you tired of the new dwarf

selections than barely go above 30cm and miss the old days when Salvia splendens was a big imposing bush covered in red flowers? This is what this selection is all about and it comes relatively true from seed.

S600 Salvia splendens, peach variety 3.00€/20seeds A favorite, late summer-autumn flowering annual, that keeps growing in the summer to explode while in flower in to a cloud of big peach flowers. Certainly, makes an impact (and disappears out of sight all nearby flowering plants!).

S602 Salvia staminea (=virgata) 3.00€/20seeds This wrongly named plant going around as S. staminea in the trade is actually a white S.virgata selection. Still quite beautiful though for its tall spikes of white flowers and perennial character.

S604 Salvia stenophylla 3.00€/20seeds A small but very tough plant from South Africa, with

fresh green foliage and small light blue flowers almost all spring and summer long.

S617 Salvia subrotunda 3.30€/30seeds An annual tropical sage, flowering its heads off during summer and autumn. Self seeds easily but it is so elegant you won’t be able to pull even

one out of your flowerbed.

S620 Salvia taraxacifolia 3.50€/20seeds An amazing small sage from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, this forms beautiful rosettes of grey spiny leaves from which rise short spikes of light pink flowers. It can take drought and will reflower when it receives water.

S630 Salvia texana 3.00€/20seeds A quite different small sage from southern US and northern Mexico that will get bigger in time and covered for a whole time with relativlely big blue flowers. Looks better with some summer water.

S640 Salvia tingitana 3.30€/20seeds A very tough plant, Salvia tingitana has big clary sage like leaves on upright stems that explode into beautiful big inflorescences of white flowers that can literally cover the plant in spring and early summer. You can easily cut it back low when it grows too big and it will regrow from the base.

S650 Salvia tomentosa 4.00€/20seeds A species from Turkey resembling the S.officinalis but forming more rounded shrubs with round leaves and flowers in a range from white to purple. Drought tolerant but I prefer to put it in a place where it gets some shade in the afternoon to ensure longevity.

S660 Salvia transsylvanica 3.00€/20seeds An easy and relatively drought tolerant nemorosa-type species, but with more relaxed growth and forming rounded plants when well grown topped by indigo blue/purple branched flower spikes. I usually cut back after first flush of flowering in order to have a second one in late summer. Place it where it will stay as it doesn’t like being

moved around much.

S664 Salvia trichoclada 5.00€/10seeds A Turkish species and not an easy one. It needs perfect drainage and a cool root run, preferably in a rock garden to survive the summer. Otherwise you can perfectly grow it as a biennial, to flower in its second year. Either way, the golden flower buds that open into pink flowers are really beautiful.

S680 Salvia verbenaca 3.00€/20seeds Quite a weedy species, but it looks very natural if left to do its thing in the more ‘wild’ part of the garden.

S690 Salvia verticillata 3.00€/30seeds My collection of the wild form of the whorled sage in the Peloponnese which is much different than the popular cultivars like ‘Purple Rain’. Basal

leaves that form a nice clump and very upright spikes of light purple flowers. Much more drought tolerant as well so suited for a xeric border.

S700 Salvia virgata, bicolor variety 4.00€/20seeds There’s quite a few S.virgata selections out there (and a dozen other that go around the trade as different Salvia species) but this is the true thing and I’ve selected two particularly ornamental varieties that generally come true from seed (if they won’t cross with something else). In this one, the foliage stays low and flat on the ground and the branched spikes have big blue and white bicolor flowers. It gets better with years.

S701 Salvia virgata, dark blue variety 4.00€/20seeds Another of my S.virgata selections, again with low foliage and firework like spikes of dark blue flowers. Both varieties will take extreme drought in the summer.

S710 Salvia viscosa 3.00€/30seeds My favorite gap filler in the garden as the basal rosette of leaves doesn’t take much space but it explodes in a multitude of branched stems with hundreds of small burgundy flowers. Cut back after flowering and it disappears till next year.

S850 Salvia x jamensis ‘Clotted Cream’ 3.50€/20seeds A light yellow/cream colored selection of S.xjamensis.

S852 Salvia x jamensis ‘La Siesta’ 3.50€/20seeds A pink selection with contrasting dark calyces.

S900 Salvia x westerae ´Petra´ 3.50€/10seeds I am excited about this big shrubby hybrid Salvia. With leaves like a S.leucantha when young that develops into a big bush by fall when it is covered with lipstick red flowers. In a cooler summer climate, it will flower for a longer time.

How to sow for best results? My usual answer on this question is ‘grow it as it would in nature’. If a plant comes

from a Mediterranean area, then it will most likely sprout in autumn with the first rains. If a bulb grows in a very sandy soil then you should definitely try to imitate that free draining effect in your pot.

I generally do my sowing during fall, although people in colder climates would sow in spring. There are Mediterranean species though that have smaller sprouting rates if sown in spring. I like my soil media to be well drained, so I place a 2-3cm of perlite on the bottom of the pot, then a mixture of one part of very fine seed compost (I sieve it if necessary) and one part of coarse river sand or vermiculite. I water, then sow, then cover with a fine layer of the above mixture and at the end I sprinkle with some sand (or more sand for winter growing bulbs), then water carefully again. Try to maintain a good level of moisture for germination but not too wet or too dry.

South African bulbs tend to sprout best when there is a big difference between day and night temps (10 degrees is good) during autumn. Other plants are less demanding. There are bulbs that take 5 days to sprout and others that take 1 or 2 months, there are salvias that appear in 3 days and others that need all winter before they decide to do so. There is no general rule for sowing. It has to do with your skills, your climate, your available space and conditions, when you want to do it, what can you provide in terms of protection from cold and a million other things. The best you can do are two things. Experiment and research. Go online, find all the information you can about where a plant comes from, what other people have tried, what went wrong, etc. and then keep on trying! The more you sow, the more successful you’ll

be at the end, this is a fact. Providing specific instructions of how I get my success in Athens, Greece is quite irrelevant for a person who tries to do the same in London, UK. There are annuals that you grow during winter in the Mediterranean or as summer annuals in northern Europe. There are summer dormant bulbs that people successfully grow as summer growers in the UK. There are alpines that sprout without needing cold winter temps here and consider our winter their spring but one shouldn’t even consider starting them during autumn in northern Europe.

The one universal fact about better results is fresh seed. The fresher the seeds the higher (and more uniform) the sprouting. All the plants listed here are growing in my collection and I collect seeds of all species and varieties every year, so that’s your first ticket to success. And that doesn’t guarantee that an individual seed is viable or destined to

live. The fun is up to you! But if you believe that you’ve done everything right and nothing appeared, do not hesitate to contact me and we’ll find a solution together.

Will it come true from seed? I believe that all plants in my collection are true to name. That doesn’t mean that

there is the odd case of owning a plant wrongly named, but I can provide you with pictures of everything that is listed here if you have a doubt for a particular species. On the other hand, my plant collection is quite big and my space is limited. That means that many different species of the same genus are grown together. And as all plants are grown outside and are naturally pollinated, there is the chance that a hybrid might occur. If you’re like me, getting excited with

new things, you’ll probably will be happy about it, but if you’re a pure species kind of person then you should probably be seeking wild collected seeds.

How to order? That is quite simple. You make a list of what you want (use listing codes, or full botanical names, whatever you prefer). You send them to my email eldaebay@yahoo.com. I’ll get back to you as soon as possible with

availability for your order and then you can send your payment exclusively through PayPal (eldaebay@yahoo.com).

There is a minimum of 5 packs of seed per order and a shipping and handling cost of 2 Euro per order worldwide, or 5 Euro if you want your order tracked (best option for non-EU orders). Orders to Greece are shipped for free. Orders are packed in paper envelopes with bubble wrap in order to arrive safe, or small boxes for bigger orders. You are responsible for getting your order through your country’s customs so if there is a specific procedure or paperwork that

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