85 for the high today! This afternoon I'm going to take a few hours off from work (comp time) and I'm going to to transplant a salvia gregii (shrub) that is too big where it is and will only get bigger once the growing season kicks in. This will at least give it a fighting chance to survive instead of being cut out entirely. I had a bed in which I tried to get lantana to grow shrub-like, but it wasn't cooperating. I have one that is doing it right in another part of the yard, but these never caught on. I'm going to move a couple of salvia into that bed instead. It's about as tough a plant around here as any, and they are very happy in this soil and climate.

It smells to good to work around it, too. Salvia are one of those plants that you can buy in a tiny little 4" pot at the beginning of the year and have it just as big at the end of the growing season as the one you spent beaucoup bucks for in a gallon pot. That's my kind of plant! It also comes in great colors and here it blooms almost year round.

SRS