SUPER SALVIAS -2017

Thank you so much @longk! Food for thought there. Yes Amistad has got through a couple of winters in the ground here with no problems, though I usually take cuttings for safety. Something to mull over during the winter months, I think Blue Note at the front of the border might be the way to go.

Has anyone here tried moving salvias? If so, when would be the best time to do this? In the spring?

 

Yes Clair, most if not all salvias move easily.
Cut back hard, trim roots and pot up.
Some salvias.....blue note, uliginosa, leucanthemum and more will pull apart or will have runners. Others like patens will have tubers and these can often be pulled apart too....same as with dahlias, a stem per tuber....and potted.
Although beautiful, many salvias are thuggish/invasive esp in mild areas

 

Some salvias in flower today:

Salvia rubescens subsp. dolichotrix

Salvia curviflora The Grevillea has now been flowering for over a year.
Salvia darcyi

Salvia bullulata
Salvia guaranitica "Black and Blue"

Salvia Amistad
Salvia involucrata
Salvia confertiflora

 

@longk advice as always see @Clare G I knew we could rely on our GC Salvy xperts for such sound advice- Its fab -and once again I've learned soooo much

 

Hi @NigelJ , love the Confertiflora. Is it a hardy one ( as a gauge i have no problems keeping Amistad outside ).

 

@KFF
I have had it in the same spot for the past three years, it gets pruned in spring time and the wind can snap pieces off it. Not knowing where you are it's difficult to say, but it is described as tender.

 

They will go into shock after major root disturbance. So living in a cold area I tend to lift them in the autumn and pot up for the winter so that I can keep them in a shed or similar before planting in the new spot in the spring. If you're lifting them during a dry spell give them a good drink the day before.
When lifting root runners a few weeks beforehand I scrape the soil back halfway between the mother and baby so that I can snip the umbilical root. Lifting four to six weeks later means that the offset has a good root systems of its own.

Not guaranteed to be hardy here but safe enough in a mild to average winter in a sheltered spot with free draining soil.

 

Despite a few frosts 'Amistad' is still going strong here too...............
Salvia 'Amistad' by longk48, on Flickr

 

@longk such an intense colour still and unbelievable to think it's flowered and coped with the frosts - lovely photo capture

 

Just received seed list from Robins Salvias and placed order.

 

Me too!

• S.barrieleri
• S.concolor
• S.guaranitica 'Santa Maria'
• S.guaranitica var. violacea
  
• S.nubicola
• S.splendens 'Sao Borja'
• Salvia 'Theresia'
• S.vitifolia

I think that I may have been a little shy so I'm going to take another look