Add entry, repeat methodology: Salvia omeiana ‘Crug Thunder’ is a wonderful foliage plant for shade, but short lived.  Crossing it over the years has led to more durable, larger, longer- lived hybrids, and we’re not through yet.  This is an unlikely fusion of it with the obscure, pinnate, Salvia bowleyana, with compound foliage purple on the reverse, and complimentary colored flowers, opening butter yellow and quickly fading to buttermilk with purple nectary guides. Z5, quart pot