Am regretting not taking cuttings, as mine, that have been in the border (here in Lincs) for about 4 years, all seem very dormant. Fingers crossed they'll wake up soon.
My 3 specimens of S. amistad always start their new growth at the end of April / beginning of May. Which reminds me I must go and surround them with slug repellent ASAP.
Am regretting not taking cuttings, as mine, that have been in the border (here in Lincs) for about 4 years, all seem very dormant. Fingers crossed they'll wake up soon.
Where about in Lincs are you..I’ve got a spare if you need it?
My ‘safety’ cuttings all grew really well and got to big for the windowsill so had to put them out...so did some more cuttings in case the recent cold weather did for them
On advice from a Nursery i cut back my Salvia Hot Lips and it is just beginning to show some small shoots, but quite a lot of the stems look dead. I hope I haven't killed it but what do others think about cutting back these woody Salvias. Mine had got really tall and unwieldy at the end of last year.
Also any thoughts about growing salvias, like Amstrad and other Nemorosa alongside Day Lilies. The lilies are over before the Salvias come into flower but wondered about the Day Liles shading the Salvias in the early part of summer. Any thoughts or advice would be very welcome.
@Novice23 There are so many kinds of salvias with different kinds of care. S. Amistad can be pruned right down to the ground at the end of the winter. S. Hot Lips should not be pruned too low, you risk killing them.
The shrubby salvias can be pruned, but I don't do it until the weather warms up and I can see the new growth coming and how far back they've been killed by cold weather (some years hardly at all, some years a lot), which tells me how far back I can take them. I always leave some new growth. Normally I'd have pruned them all by now, but so far I've only done one Nachtvlinder (which is pretty tough for me and grows from below ground level anyway) and one Lavender Dilly Dilly (yes, horrible name) which is in a pretty sheltered spot and grew huge last summer. I did both of those last weekend.
I think your Amistad and nemorosa will be OK near the day lilies, but not so close that the day lilies hang right over them. Most of my salvias only get either morning or afternoon/evening sun, not both, and they do well.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Thanks for the advice. I have probably pruned the Hot Lips too much and too soon, but there are new shoots on it so will cosset it a bit this year and be more cautious in the future.
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Also any thoughts about growing salvias, like Amstrad and other Nemorosa alongside Day Lilies. The lilies are over before the Salvias come into flower but wondered about the Day Liles shading the Salvias in the early part of summer. Any thoughts or advice would be very welcome.
There are so many kinds of salvias with different kinds of care. S. Amistad can be pruned right down to the ground at the end of the winter. S. Hot Lips should not be pruned too low, you risk killing them.