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Storing Salvia Amistad

tomaszunatomaszuna Posts: 1
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Hello! Last year all my Salvias Amistad died so this year I’m wondering about digging them out and storing them away. I’ve got a little greenhouse but it’s one of those cheap plasticky ones and I’m not sure they will survive there if the temperature really goes down to -5 outside (as it just has). The other alternative is to pot them up in the garage, which is pretty very dark however. Given that you’re meant to cut the stems off and so most of the plant will therefore be covered in soil, would it matter if I overwinter them there without much light? Thanks!

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’d pot them up and keep them
    in a frostfree garage  … maybe wrapped in newspaper for added insulation 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ViewAheadViewAhead Posts: 866
    Yes, should be fine in the garage.  Warmer than the greenhouse as a thin layer of plastic is not good at holding in any residue heat from the day. 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Garage would be fine. They don't need light while dormant.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    They do have very deep roots.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    And thick, kind of tuberous. Mine get left outside in the ground and although the top growth dies, they've (so far) always regrown from the roots so I suppose they store energy in them like dahlias.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I have dug one up or so I thought, only to find it regrow. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    If you leave them in  free drained soil,even with a thick layer of mulch,  they regrow in Spring but the slugs get the new shoots.  I dig them up and cut them down and then keep them frost free over winter. They shoot earlier and flower earlier than left outside.  Its too late now but side shoots taken as cuttings in September are easier to overwinter.
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