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Salvia Amistad

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  • TheVanguardTheVanguard Posts: 136
    Janie B said:
    TheVanguard said:
    Where about in Lincs are you..I’ve got a spare if you need it? 
    That's really kind, thanks. i'm south of Lincoln. I'll give it a few more weeks to see if they do appear... 
    No worries I’m in Louth, if yours don’t come back, and your passing, I’ll happily pass one on if you need it .

    Hope yours come back though! 
  • neilsuzukisv2-Rq-DOXneilsuzukisv2-Rq-DOX Posts: 68
    Mine was cut back hard to the ground, got lots of new shoots appearing nicely now. I took a cutting last year and it's in the glass windowed shed doing nicely 
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Nachtvlinder is supposed to be very tender. Do you keep it under glass for the winter?
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Nactvlinder is far less tender here, several plants have come through the winter unscathed and are now growing strongly.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @punkdoc do you grow them in the ground unprotected all year around?  Have held off this variety because the notes say it's very not hardy. Thanks
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    I grow S Nactvlinder and although although I am a lot further south we have cold and wet winters and they all thrive and soon outgrow their allotted spaces. I find them one of the easiest to grow.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I dig mine up and put them in a cold g/h, but even with this very cold Spring, they have kept all their leaves, unlike my s.amistad, which are just dead sticks, at the moment.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    When I first got Nachtvlinder I treated it with kid gloves. Now I have a couple in pots and two ever-increasing clumps in the ground all left to their own devices over winter, and it's proved to be pretty tough here. I have well-drained soil here, but I've also given cuttings to my Dad in Sheffield (pennine side) where it's colder and wetter, and he hasn't lost it either.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    edited May 2021
    On the Sarah Raven site it says about the Salvia x jamensis 'Nachtvlinder' plant:
    Cooking Notes The flowers are edible.
    Has anyone tried?

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