Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Azure Snow’ characterized by its large flowers with violet-blue colored hood petals and white lower labium petals having a thin strong violet margin. Flowers are produced in late spring to early summer and repeat in late summer if deadheaded. The persistent dark green calyxes densely arranged in verticils fill in the full mounded habit with many stiff, upright, branched stems above large, rugose, dark-green foliage. ‘Azure Snow’ is useful for landscaping as a winter-hardy specimen plant, en masse or as a cut flower.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Bumbleberry’ characterized by its small strong purplish red-colored flowers densely arranged in verticils, with compact rounded habit and stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems and strong vigorous growth rate and small gray-green foliage. Salvia ‘Bumbleberry’ is winter-hardy and especially useful for landscaping and containerized ornamentals by itself or in combination with other plants.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘Roseburg’ is disclosed, characterized by flowers which are typically bicolored red/magenta and white, that can become solid red/magenta in cool temperatures. Plants over-winter well and have a good response to pruning back. Branches are flexible and resist breakage. The new variety is a Salvia microphylla, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘Syracuse’ is disclosed, characterized by an upright, compact plant form, abundance of small rich coral pink flowers. Plants become stoloniferous with maturity and resist breakage. The new variety is a Salvia microphylla, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘BBSAL09001’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; strong dark purple-colored lateral branches; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; upright inflorescences with dark violet-colored flowers with dark violet blue-colored sepals; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘DSALMAGWAN’ is disclosed, characterized by a sturdy plant form that remains upright, resisting lodging. Flowering occurs continuously from Spring to Fall and plants exhibit great performance in heat and humidity. The new variety is a Salvia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘IB304-2 PURPLE’ is disclosed, characterized by a dense, bushy plant habit, strong peduncles, medium purple-violet colored flowers. Flowers have a calyx flushed with dark anthocyanin. The new variety is a Salvia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balsalmysty’, characterized by its dark violet-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-compact growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balsalmispim’, characterized by its light violet-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright-compact growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SGRSA05-1’ is disclosed, characterized by vigorous plants with a large, upright form and long flowering period. Flowers have salmon corollas with darker salmon-orange calyces. Calyces are persistent and retain their salmon-orange color. The new variety is a Salvia splendens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SGRRE04-1’ is disclosed, characterized by vigorous plants with a large, upright form and long flowering period. Flowers are bright red. Calyces are persistent and retain their red color. The new variety is a Salvia splendens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SGRPL06-0’ is disclosed, characterized by vigorous plants with a large, upright form and long flowering period. Flowers are uniquely bi-color with a red calyx and pink corolla having a white margin. Calyces are persistent and retain their red color. The new variety is a Salvia splendens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Midnight Model’ characterized by its very large, striking, strong violet flowers with dark green calyxes densely arranged in verticils, compact rounded habit with stiff, upright, branched stems, large, rugose, dark-green foliage, strong vigorous growth rate, and winter-hardy.

Abstract: ‘JEREMY’ is a new and distinctive variety of Salvia which is characterized by a broad, spreading growth habit, an obovate plant form, dark green foliage with greyed-purple venation and petioles, an abundance of pink and white bicolored labiate flowers borne on terminal verticillaster inflorescences, and a floriferous flowering habit. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Pretty in Pink’ characterized by its very large deep purplish pink flowers from deep purplish-red buds, densely arranged in verticils. The new plant has a compact habit with stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems showing slight dark greyed-purple tinting and persistent calyxes of similar dark greyed-purple tinting, a strong vigorous growth rate and gray-green foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SGRRE04-1’ is disclosed, characterized by vigorous plants with a large, upright form and long flowering period. Flowers are bright red. Calyces are persistent and retain their red color. The new variety is a Salvia splendens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SGRSA05-1’ is disclosed, characterized by vigorous plants with a large, upright form and long flowering period. Flowers have salmon corollas with darker salmon-orange calyces. Calyces are persistent and retain their salmon-orange color. The new variety is a Salvia splendens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Salvia named ‘Rhythm & Blues’ that is distinguishable by large flowers which are intense deep-purple in color, which are borne in profusion on naturally branching plants with season-long deep green foliage is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balsalmispim’, characterized by its light violet-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright-compact growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balsalmysty’, characterized by its dark violet-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-compact growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balmirvio’, characterized by its deep purple-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SGRPL06-0’ is disclosed, characterized by vigorous plants with a large, upright form and long flowering period. Flowers are uniquely bi-color with a red calyx and pink corolla having a white margin. Calyces are persistent and retain their red color. The new variety is a Salvia splendens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SGRPU03-0’ is disclosed, characterized by vigorous plants with a large, upright form and long flowering period. Flowers are dark purple. Calyces are persistent and retain their dark purple color. The new variety is a Salvia splendens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘IB304-2 PURPLE’ is disclosed, characterized by a dense, bushy plant habit, strong peduncles, medium purple-violet colored flowers. Flowers have a calyx flushed with dark anothocyanin. The new variety is a Salvia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Ballerina Pink’ characterized by its very large light pink flowers from purplish red buds, densely arranged in verticils. The new plant has a compact habit with stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems showing slight greyed-purple tinting and persistent calyxes of similar greyed-purplish red tinting, a strong vigorous growth rate and gray-green foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘DSALMAGWAN’ is disclosed, characterized by a sturdy plant form that remains upright, resisting lodging. Flowering occurs continuously from Spring to Fall and plants exhibit great performance in heat and humidity. The new variety is a Salvia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Bumbleblue’ characterized by its small strong violet-colored flowers densely arranged in verticils, with compact rounded habit and stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems and strong vigorous growth rate and small gray-green foliage. Salvia ‘Bumbleblue’ is especially useful for landscaping and containerized ornamentals by itself or in combination with other plants.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Bumblesky’ characterized by its small light blue-colored flowers densely arranged in verticils, with compact rounded habit and stiff, upright, branched stems and strong vigorous growth rate and gray-green foliage. Salvia ‘Bumblesky’ is especially useful for landscaping and containerized ornamentals by itself or in combination with other plants.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Rose Marvel’, characterized by its deep purple-violet with red-purple colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘Syracuse’ is disclosed, characterized by an upright, compact plant form, abundance of small rich coral pink flowers. Plants become stoloniferous with maturity and resist breakage. The new variety is a Salvia microphylla, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘BBSAL09001’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; strong dark purple-colored lateral branches; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; upright inflorescences with dark violet-colored flowers with dark violet blue-colored sepals; and good garden performance.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Azure Snow’ characterized by its large flowers with violet-blue colored hood petals and white lower labium petals having a thin strong violet margin. Flowers are produced in late spring to early summer and repeat in late summer if deadheaded. The persistent dark green calyxes densely arranged in verticils fill in the full mounded habit with many stiff, upright, branched stems above large, rugose, dark-green foliage. ‘Azure Snow’ is useful for landscaping as a winter-hardy specimen plant, en masse or as a cut flower.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Roseburg’ is disclosed, characterized by flowers which are typically bicolored red/magenta and white, that can become solid red/magenta in cool temperatures. Plants over-winter well and have a good response to pruning back. Branches are flexible and resist breakage. The new variety is a Salvia microphylla, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Sky Blue Marvel’, characterized by its light violet-blue colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balmirsal’, characterized by its medium salmon-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘BBSAL00301’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; strong dark greyed purple-colored lateral branches; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; upright inflorescences with dark red purple-colored flowers with dark greyed purple-colored sepals; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Blue by You’, characterized by its deep violet-blue colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Salvia, ‘Amante’, that is characterized by its flowers that are typical of Salvia guaranitica in flower type and red and pink in color with dark calyces, its long blooming habit with new shoots producing flowers throughout the summer, its early commencement of bloom, its plant height of up to 1.2 meter, and its growth habit that lacks spreading roots.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Indiglo Girl’ characterized by its large strong violet-colored flowers densely arranged in dense verticils, with upright habit and stiff, upright; heavily-branched stems and strong vigorous growth rate and large deep-green foliage. Salvia ‘Indiglo Girl’ is especially useful for landscaping and containerized ornamentals by itself or in combination with other plants.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Sweet Petite’ characterized by its very large lavender-pink flowers from dark rosy-red buds, densely arranged in verticils. The new plant has a short, compact habit with stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems and a strong vigorous growth rate and gray-green foliage. ‘Sweet Petite’ is useful for landscaping as a specimen plant or en masse.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Bumblesnow’ characterized by its small white-colored flowers densely arranged in tight verticils, with compact upright habit. Flower stems are heavily-branched with branches closely arranged. ‘Bubblesnow’ has strong vigorous growth rate, small gray-green foliage and is winter-hardy. Salvia ‘Bumblesnow’ is especially useful for landscaping and containerized ornamentals by itself or in combination with other plants.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Prefect Profusion’ characterized by its narrow icy blue flowers in densely arranged in verticils. The new plant has a compact habit with stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems with strong tendency to repeat when deadheaded, a strong vigorous growth rate and rugose gray-green foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Prefect Profusion’ characterized by its dark pink flowers in densely arranged in verticils with dark wine-colored calyces and matching bracts. The new plant has a compact habit with stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems with strong tendency to repeat when deadheaded, a strong vigorous growth rate and rugose gray-green foliage. It is useful for landscaping specimens, en masse or as a container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Violet Profusion’ characterized by its violet-blue flowers in densely arranged in verticils with greyish purplish-red calyces and matching bracts. The new plant has a compact habit with stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems with strong tendency to repeat when deadheaded, a strong vigorous growth rate and rugose gray-green foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Dosaskimi’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; upright inflorescences with violet blue-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Bumbleberry’ characterized by its small strong purplish red-colored flowers densely arranged in verticils, with compact rounded habit and stiff, upright, heavily-branched stems and strong vigorous growth rate and small gray-green foliage. Salvia ‘Bumbleberry’ is winter-hardy and especially useful for landscaping and containerized ornamentals by itself or in combination with other plants.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SSLVI08-0’ is disclosed, characterized by a very compact plant form, early flowering and abundant violet colored flowers. Plants are observed resistant to bacterial leaf spot. The new variety is a Salvia nemorosa, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘SSLRO9-0’ is disclosed, characterized by a very compact plant form, early flowering and abundant rose pink colored flowers. The new variety is a Salvia nemorosa, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new Salvia plant particularly distinguished by a plant having orange-red flowers, and an upright plant habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘Kisses and Wishes’ is disclosed, characterized by bright medium pink flowers and coral-pink calyces. Plants are bushy and branch prolifically, especially when pinched as a young plant. The flowering period begins in May and continues until first frost. The new variety is a Salvia hybrida, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.