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Salvia 'Black and Blue'


Salvia 'Black and Blue'

Year two for this Salvia ... over Wintered in a cold greenhouse.



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That's lovely, despite its name,Shirley!

31 Aug, 2020

 

Thanks, some plants really are given daft names!

31 Aug, 2020

 

It’s a pretty colour. Think they must run out of names!

31 Aug, 2020

 

I was just remembering a Passion Flower called 'Silly Cow' and a Dianthus 'Slap & Tickle' ... what is going on??

1 Sep, 2020

 

Wow, I love it! Another on my wish list..:))

1 Sep, 2020

 

Janey, I have read that Salvia cuttings root in water. Shall I try it and see?

1 Sep, 2020

 

Ooh yes please Shirley, I rooted some Amistad in water...
Thank you..:))

1 Sep, 2020

 

Janey, your Amistad Salvias are growing so well.Will pop a photo on.Sorry Shirley for interrupting.

1 Sep, 2020

 

Righty-ho then ... I shall do that tomorrow Janey. Rain water or from the tap please?

Julia, no need to apologise, the more the merrier!

1 Sep, 2020

 

I used tap water Shirley and popped them on my kitchen windowsill. Have you got a Salvia Amistad? Would you like one if you haven't? They've come on in leaps and bounds since I potted them up..:))

2 Sep, 2020

 

Janey, some cuttings are now in water on my kitchen windowsill. I would love a Salvia 'Amistad' ... such a gorgeous deep purple ... many thanks.

3 Sep, 2020

 

Lovely plants. My neighbour let me take some cuttings last year and they have all grown and flowered well this year so I took some cuttings again a couple of weeks ago.

3 Sep, 2020

 

That's good Lindak ... did you start them off to root in water?

3 Sep, 2020

 

No Shirley, I put them into the compost. I cut of two lots of leaves and sunk them into the pot then watered.

3 Sep, 2020

 

Thanks Lindak, I think I will try some more cuttings from a different Salvia ... using the traditional method of compost in pots just to see how the water ones fare in comparison! Well, it will keep me out of trouble ... :o)

3 Sep, 2020

 

Haha Shirley, I did that too. The water ones rooted more quickly than the compost ones, but the compost rooted ones grew more strongly. The water rooted ones lacked the nourishment they needed, but soon caught up, once potted up. See how yours go, maybe rainwater would be better..
Good, Salvia Amistad is yours..:))

3 Sep, 2020

 

Janey, that's interesting information, thanks.

I have Salvia 'Dyson's Maroon' and 'Hot Lips' which are looking lovely now ... all three of mine were bought at RHS Wisley Plant Fair two years ago.

4 Sep, 2020

 

They are just fabulous plants Shirley for mid summer and autumn... and should be good plants then..:))

5 Sep, 2020

 

Ours are in the ground.....with no winter protection....

21 Sep, 2020

 

Dotty, I left the other two in the ground, Hot Lips and Dyson's Maroon, both of which have flowered really well but was advised to shelter Black and Blue.

21 Sep, 2020

 

Yes so were we, but we ignored it...lol

22 Sep, 2020

 

How very cavalier of you! ... :o)))

22 Sep, 2020



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