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Salvias: Amistad vs Black and Blue/Bloom

Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
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Since I (and others) seem to have lost some Amistad with the harsh winter we've had, does anyone have any experience of Black and Blue/Bloom? I've read that it may be more hardy than Amistad...
Lincolnshire

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    From limited personal experience, I would say Amistad was hardier.
    That being said I appear to have lost a lot of Amistad this winter.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    I grow salvia midnight blue, and it's fine through our -26C winters.  
    Utah, USA.
  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
    Hello, my black and boom has come back strongly this year after no protection during the winter with very low temperatures and snow, I also took cuttings just in case 😊
  • dave125dave125 Posts: 178
    I cut my amistad down but there is absolutely no sign of anything green and nothing coming from the base - have I lost it?
  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
    Thanks for the replies... on another note, I dug up a couple of Salvia Love and Wishes today, having read that they were not terribly hardy, and found buds!!! I guess you just shouldn't believe all you read... and a(another) lesson not to be so IMPATIENT!
    Lincolnshire
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t think Amistad is as hardy as black n blue, my b + b are up. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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