I'd like to thank the folks who suggested, should I intend to work with Salvia, that I grow my own.

Yet to work with any of her leaves, but she seems to be happy here in the shade. Also growing 2 cacti to keep her company.

Thank you very much Nexians!

Beautiful!

Nice work fellow nexian

Did you try any of your cactus ? If yes could you tell us about the potency ? I'm interrested as i have few bridges quite similar to yours.

What's your secret for having a super healthy looking salvia?

Thanks so much for the interest!

Haven't tried the cactus yet but when I do I'll share an experience report!

I received the Salvia plant through the mail about a month ago. She was much smaller, in shock, and had black/brown spots on a lot of the leaves. All I did was re-pot, fertilize, & leave her inside by a window with some, but not a lot, of sun for about 10 days. Then I moved her outside but paid close attention to how droopy her leaves were at the end of each day. Each day I moved her to a new spot on the porch until I could tell from her leaves that she really liked the location, at which point I let that be her home. Unsurprisingly, she loves a shady corner of the porch. So I leave her there unless it's extremely hot or windy.