What is this flower please?

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2019 edited June 2019

  No greenhouse here either! I do mine on the back bedroom windowsill (East-facing).  I use standard multipurpose compost with a bit of sharp sand or fine grit or perlite for drainage (whichever I have handy).  I put the cuttings around the edges of pots (one pot per variety and label them - they all look much the same at that stage). I stand the pots in a plant tray and put a propagator top over them so I can open the vents - they need enough humidity to stop them wilting, but not too much.  I've also used the top half of  a plastic pop bottle with the lid off as a propagator top for a single pot. I find plastic bags tend to get too wet inside.  I also put a sheet of newspaper over them if we get really sunny hot weather before they've rooted, to reduce the chances of wilting.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• AnniD Posts: 12,585

  June 2019

  I agree with Jenny, plastic bags tend to create too much moisture for salvias, a propagator lid is better. I use a mix of multi purpose compost and vermiculite, but as long as they have good drainage,  that's the main thing. A bright windowsill will be fine, if you can avoid full sun so much the better.
  I take my cuttings around end of August/beginning of September and overwinter them in a coldframe,  keeping them pretty dry. If it gets really cold l put a bit of fleece over them.

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• Borderline Posts: 4,700

  June 2019

  It's a good time to take cuttings at this time of year. No special treatment. Just free draining soil in a small pot. If you can't take any tip cuttings because there are flowers at the tips, just snip the flowers off and they will still grow well. Keep them somewhere shaded and cool outside, they should root within a few weeks.
  
  Looks like Salvia Microphylla 'San Carlos Festival', but as others have mentioned, very difficult to identify.

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