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Salvia Guaranitica 'Black & Blue'

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By Motinot


Salvia Guaranitica 'Black & Blue'



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I like this

8 Aug, 2012

 

So do I Clarice!!!

8 Aug, 2012

amy
Amy
 

Very pretty ,similar to the ' Cambridge blue ' I love blue flowers :o)

8 Aug, 2012

 

Thanks all....me too Amy, this is 'black & blue' & not 'Amistad' as i wrongly named it...

8 Aug, 2012

amy
Amy
 

I will remember that Motinot ,thanks :o)

8 Aug, 2012

 

:>)

8 Aug, 2012

 

What a combination of colours!

8 Aug, 2012

 

They are nice Mel...:>)

8 Aug, 2012

 

Certainly one of my favourite Salvia!

9 Aug, 2012

 

Mine too Meanie....I'll try cuttings i think...Its planted in a fairly damp spot and i dont think they like that?...

9 Aug, 2012

 

Love salvias and this is one I don't have, gorgeous........

9 Aug, 2012

 

Im a bit afraid of loosing it Simbad...Its still fairly small

9 Aug, 2012

 

"Love salvias and this is one I don't have, gorgeous........"

Really!!!
Remind me of your address.

9 Aug, 2012

 

Lol,do you have seeds Meanie !!!! I"m excited now, I have a pressy for you too, some salvia bulleyana seeds and the one with the hard to spell name forsskaolii thingy :-)

11 Aug, 2012

 

I've never got it to produce seed, but I have a couple of spare plants that I produced from a root section (the section gave me seven plants in total).

Look forward to them!

12 Aug, 2012

 

I'll pm you Meanie ;-)

14 Aug, 2012

 

Hi Meanie
I bought this today, only £2.50 :-) I adore Salvias. Has yours survived since 2012? I usually take cuttings of my S. microphylla just in case of winter loss. I fancied S. Amistad too but I think that one is tender?

8 Jul, 2015

 

Yes it has along with many offspring.

You worry about S.microphylla? It's bombproof!

Amistad can be grown in the beds and lifted mid to late October, dropped in a pot and stuck in the shed until spring.

9 Jul, 2015

 

That's good to know. Knowing S microphylla is tough is encouraging, we live in a frost pocket and I always worry. My (unknown) one with bright cerise flowers was slow recovering and the cuttings I took last year are further ahead but it did survive.

Amistad is gorgeous. I dont know if I can be bothered to lift though - can you take cuttings off that do you know?

9 Jul, 2015

 

The one here in the pic i lost it last year...:<(

9 Jul, 2015

 

DA - lifting it is easier than taking cuttings and overwintering them.

Motinot - yours did well to last in a damp spot. Few Salvia like that. S.stolonifera is one that does and it also prefers a fair bit of shade as well.

11 Jul, 2015

 

Thats a shame Mot.
Meanie, I will look at stolonifera as damp here and lots of shade

11 Jul, 2015



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