My Black and Blues are very hardy, under all that snow and ice we had down here last year, they came up well, even the younger ones I did from cuttings. I do pile a nice splodge of compost over the top though.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Course it is! I'd buy it and so, I'm sure would many others. Haven't seen that clear and orange colour before, just more peachy, paler ones so I expect salvia fanciers would love it too.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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As others have suggested, best to take cuttings as insurance. Amistad cuttings root very easily in water, I have found. Last year, I left one out in a pot, which I cut down in the Autumn and it survived the Beast - I was astounded when new shoots came up in Spring, although it only started flowering in September. The one I left in the (well-drained) border died - I think because I cut it back quite late in winter, as it was still flowering in December and then got very leggy. This obviously exposed it to the cold. I didn't mulch either plant but it wouldn't do any harm!
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I have already taken a batch of cuttings, they strike easy, I am not sure if it is worth naming and bulking up.
Has it set seed?