I didn’t know that, punkdoc thanks for the warning, best keep my fingers crossed for it. It’s a good strong colour but I would have preferred the more purple Amistad if I could have got it.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Obelixx - Royal Bumble is a good bright red. RHS says it flowers August-October, but I've had mine in flower in the GH well before that, so it is probably temperature as well as daylength. Doesn't have the pretty leaves of pineapple sage though.
It's in flower now, but the salvias have otherwise flowered very poorly this year, but I had trouble just keeping them alive, with our water failing and the heat, so am not complaining!
Penstemons are good for that colour - I grew a load from seed, one of the cheap mixes from Chiltern, dead easy and lots of warm reds and pinks that look great in the border.
I bring mine in here, just to be on the safe side, but they might well survive for you.
Buttercup - I left all mine out in the ground last year - full sun, well drained - but pineapple copped it in the unusually cold, for here, winter and Amistad took ages to get going again. I bought a new pineapple but won't bother again. Will keep an eye out for Royal Bumble - great name - and I have some of those penstemon seeds too. Thanks for that suggestion.
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