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Salvia Amistad - bonkersly big
corianderwhish
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Hello,
My Salvia Amistad (probably 5 years old, in its second place in its second garden) is making a bid for world domination - it’s currently over 7 feet tall and 10 feet wide. (The general guidance is that it will be 1.2m high by 1m wide!) I’ve already had to move it once because it was too big. I do love it and don’t want to get rid of it, but it’s totally engulfing and dominating the bed it’s in. Is there any way to stop it getting so ludicrously large? I had wondered if I should to divide it every other year (which is not something I’ve done yet with any plant - I’m fairly new to gardening) as this would cause it to focus on re-establishing itself and not just growing like it’s on steroids? Any ideas would be very welcome.
My Salvia Amistad (probably 5 years old, in its second place in its second garden) is making a bid for world domination - it’s currently over 7 feet tall and 10 feet wide. (The general guidance is that it will be 1.2m high by 1m wide!) I’ve already had to move it once because it was too big. I do love it and don’t want to get rid of it, but it’s totally engulfing and dominating the bed it’s in. Is there any way to stop it getting so ludicrously large? I had wondered if I should to divide it every other year (which is not something I’ve done yet with any plant - I’m fairly new to gardening) as this would cause it to focus on re-establishing itself and not just growing like it’s on steroids? Any ideas would be very welcome.
Thank you.
Cori
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I have successfully divided salvia caradonnas many times but don't know about amistad. If you can see division points it I'd probably give it a go.
Why don't you take some semi-ripe cuttings now (it's getting a bit late but you might be lucky) and perhaps some softwood cuttings in spring as a form of insurance in case the division doesn't work? You could then try dividing the parent plant in spring and see what happens.
All the best knowledge in gardening seems to come from trying things out - sometimes they work - sometimes they don't. At least if some of the cuttings root you'll have some back up plants to fall back on.
If everything works you could set up a market stall....
Just a couple of months ago I put a Salvia ‘rockin Deep Purple’ in the spot I took this salvia from. It’s sold as a more compact version of Amistad; I shall wait and see how that does…
Wow! Fantastic.
Have trimmed and turned pic for you.
Quote RHS..
Salvia 'Amistad
A bushy, upright perennial plant to 1.2m with aromatic, slightly downy, corrugated, bright green slender leaves that have pointed ends. Profuse, large deep purple tubular flowers with black calyces are borne from early summer through to the first frosts