SUPER SALVIAS

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I'm pretty sure that is what it is Nick.
     
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      Yep, I posted my reply before I saw your post Pete, after looking at more photos of the leaves they're the same! :blue thumb:

      Nick
       
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      Yup!
      I must sow the seed that I have.

      Robins Salvias
       
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        Salvia atrocyanea
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        Salvia guaranitica "Black and Blue"
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        Salvia stachydifolia
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          Salvia miniata
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            Salvia miniata now in greenhouse for the winter.
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            Salvia corrugata again in greenhouse for the winter.
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            Salvia serboana and to the left a Salvia greggii seedling
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              Salvia elegans
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              Salvia miniata
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              Salvia curviflora
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              Salvia atrocyanea
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                All semi hardy indoors, either in cold greenhouse or warmer (9degrees average) Many still flowering, particularly my seed sown Amistad, and of course the wonderful confertiflora! However looking at many of the others, including seedlings in pots, I must learn to take out main growing bud as so many appear etiolated! This fault of mine is also obvious in plants growing in ground.
                Last winter we placed a cloche over a well mulched African Skies growing under a large Scots pine, so sheltered. It survived and is still flowering! Obviously will treat it the same this year. In fact I've bought a couple more small cloches to do a similar trick with other plants. In fact I'm wasting one on some late sown Leeks!! I lost the cover of a large cloche in the last storm (I'd planted Broad beans, though think the mice have had them!) Back to Salvias! ...... I've got this plan to protect half hardy Salvias in sheltered spots with small single plant cloches, so I don't have to make room. I've had this way of bringing first year plants inside but now so many, have to be very selective because of room! (Why are some words underlined!!)
                 
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                • pete

                  pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                  I get underlined words when my spell checker doesn't recognise them.
                  Just an idea.
                   
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                    I love Salvias. I have them everywhere but my favs are the Jezabel. mine flowered all summer and well into the autumn. Also the embers wish and love and wishes are still trying to flower now bless their little hearts!
                     
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                      Look out for seed on your Jezebel! Just seen this posting so might be far too late now (January 2022) However if you live in a spot that frost doesn't affect and haven't pruned your plants yet (we do it in Spring down to first green shoots) I've found Jezebel to be a very easy plant to grow with a bright red flower and big enough shrubby height!so being able to collect seed AS WELL! Is wonderful!
                       
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                        The only salvia I ever had work for me which continued blooming well into Autumn too were some lovely red bedding salvias my Mum bought for me from Asda. They were fab but plugs I bought from Thompson & Morgan and seeds of Salvia Seascape I grew last year were just very disappointing and not what I'd hoped for. Hey ho ..l win some, lose some I guess. I'm sticking to dwarf dahlias this year .. can't wait.
                         
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                        You must try Salvias again! Try S. patens, the best blue there is, a robust plant and it develops tubers AND seeds!
                         
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                          I may do then but they don't seem to like me ! haha
                           
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                          Fab advice. Thank you. I think they have been frosted.(it was minus 7 the other day) but I will remember that this autumn
                           
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