salvias

Some of the larger salvias were complementing shrubs: Amistad, the lusty purple, and S. guaranitica, with deep blue flowers, set off the loose white trusses of a Hydrangea paniculata.

有些较大的鼠尾草与灌木相映成趣：友谊鼠尾草（饱满的紫色花）和瓜拉尼鼠尾草（深蓝色花）映衬在松散的白色圆锥绣球（Hydrangea Paniculata）花丛中。

Though some of these salvias were bought locally, many of the more unusual varieties were ordered from Flowers by the Sea, a mail-order nursery in Elk, Calif., that offers about 400 species and varieties.

尽管这些鼠尾草有一部分购自本地，但还有许多较为稀奇的品种是购自Flowers by the Sea，这是位于加州埃尔克（Elk）的一家经营邮购业务的苗圃，可提供大约400个科属和品种的植物。

It bloomed until frost, but like other tender salvias in this zone, succumbed to the snow and ice last winter.

它的花期一直持续到霜冻来临，但和本地区其它柔弱的鼠尾草一样，它也没能熬过去年冬季的冰雪。