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Help with my Salvia Hot Lips

MAUREEN NODENMAUREEN NODEN Posts: 3
in Problem solving
How come my Salvia Hot Lips has reverted back to solid red instead of red and white?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited June 2019
    Welcome to the forum.
    Good taste? lol 
    Of all the salvia, hot lips is the only one I don't like. 
    Devon.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    edited June 2019
    Apparently it is affected by the weather, but it is not clear how. The flowers can also be all white. Mine has red flowers and white flowers, but not bicolours at the moment!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I saw on on TV, perhaps Chelsea, S. amethyst lips. I'm very tempted by that one.
    I think it's the red/white combo which puts me off.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2019
    I see one every week when I go to play tennis ... it’s a large well established one and quite a large proportion of the flowers are all red. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    lol,, too quick on the edit button for me @Dovefromabove x

    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Mine are mostly red this year. I like how they change.
  • Buzzy2Buzzy2 Posts: 135
    Hi don't worry, that is what it does.When I bought mine all the flowers were a pretty pink, with A hot Lips label on the pot! two days later it was red and white!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Now is a perfect time to take cuttings too. They'll root in about 3 or 4 weeks.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hostafan1 said:
    lol,, too quick on the edit button for me @Dovefromabove x

    😝 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Mine seem to start off red, then red and white, and finally white as the days shorten. I seem to remember Carol Klein saying that "Amethyst Lips" does the same thing, certainly mine are all plain purple at the moment. 
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