Salvia 'Black and Blue'

Thanks, some plants really are given daft names!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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..:))

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

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.

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

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

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)

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..:))

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.

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

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

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.

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

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