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Over-wintering Salvia Amistad

Jsb.pondJsb.pond Posts: 12
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I have several salvias in the ground which I could leave and mulch, but I live in North Yorkshire.  If I lift them and put them in the garage will they need to be in pots of compost to keep the roots moist?  This is the first year I’ve had them and they’ve been brilliant and still flowering their socks off.  The ones in pots I can presumably haul into the garage and insulate a bit like I do my fuchsias. I’ve given up leaving dahlias in the ground as they are so late the next year.  Thanks
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Yes they will.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • AlchemistAlchemist Posts: 273
    Last 2 years, I’ve wrapped our root balled amistad in burlap and left it outdoor under a roofed-open sided porch and they have come up unscathed. Think, it’s the wet that gets them. This year I’m trying the same with agastache black adder. 
  • Jsb.pondJsb.pond Posts: 12
    Thanks for comments. I’ve never used burlap, but might give it a go.  They are such lovely plants it would be sad to lose them. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I don't think I'd leave them outside in Yorkshire, even with some protection, but you'll have to make the choice as to whether you think that will be enough     :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I dig mine up and put them in pots in a cold g/h, along with other not fully hardy Salvias.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    I do the same @punkdoc :) The GH is stuffed over winter with agapanthus and salvias, young plants too small to winter outdoors, and all the normal residents, fuchsias and pelargoniums. As spring approaches I have to squeeze in the sprouting dahlias and the trays of developing seedlings. It can be quite hard to find room for me to get in!
  • Jsb.pondJsb.pond Posts: 12
    Lucky people with a greenhouse!  My garden is a series of courtyards and I only have those little plastic greenhouses - very useful in the autumn without covers on in the garage for drying off begonia corms and dahlias.  If the salvias don’t need any light over winter they can be protected in pots in the garage.  I took some cuttings which I guess will need to stay green and can go on a window ledge in garage (very crowded in there!)
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    It got down to -8c here last winter and my neighbour had left the majority of her salvia amistad in the ground. They all died off above soil level but they regrew and are about 5ft high now. So I think they can be hardier than they are given credit for (but I still bring mine in) and if you have to leave them in the ground then a thick mulch might work well.  
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I find the bigger issue is the slugs and snails eating off the emerging foliage in spring, if you leave them in the ground.  Same problem with Dahlias. 
    AB Still learning

  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Allotment Boy said:
    I find the bigger issue is the slugs and snails eating off the emerging foliage in spring, if you leave them in the ground.  Same problem with Dahlias. 
    I have some in pots and some in the ground. The ones in the ground seem later or just disappear.

    A couple of pots are hauled up to the backdoor in a protected spot (they actually keep their foliage over winter). But a couple get left at the bottom of the garden, without any protection, and have been coming back reliably over the past few years. If anything they get the cold worse than the ones in the ground. So I agree, it must be early slug damage.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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