I just planted a hot lips @Fire Mine was all red, and I wasn't sure if it was labelled wrong. As it's been in a week, it now has new flowers opening that have white on too, so it seems its right. So you are saying they might go all white too. What a bonus multi coloured flowers.😁
@Obelixx maybe better to go for a Bumble or a Clotted Cream instead. I feel kind of the same now. Some of my hedge is getting quite woody now so I might swap out Hot Lips for Bumble next Spring, taking cuttings this year.
@Fire - I have bought Royal Bumble - a much more attractive red IMHO - and Love and Wishes which is a lovely purple tho not hardy and I have Amistad. I also have a new buttery cream flowered salvia with deep purple calyxes but no name. Cuttings of all of them will be taken.
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I have just got a small Clotted Cream and trialling a Nachtvlinder. I don't really grow purple but I am curious about the colour, to see how close to raspberry it goes.
Maybe HLs is a good entry level salvia, and people branch out from there. It was one of the first plants I bought at a market for my garden. It's done me well. I have had hundreds of good cuttings and grown plants from it, given to dozens of friends and neighbours. Kids really enjoy it. It reminds me of iced lollies.
I'd be really interested in how you go on with these variations of that Salvia genus. I have once more took cuttings this year of Hot Lips although they are all just red! I love Amistead and other Salvias but the slugs just kill any of the shrub Salvias that I try. I have had to resort to having them in pots or not at all.
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Mine was all red, and I wasn't sure if it was labelled wrong. As it's been in a week, it now has new flowers opening that have white on too, so it seems its right. So you are saying they might go all white too. What a bonus multi coloured flowers.😁
I love it when it's red, like it when it's white and feel like pruning it below the roots when it's red and white and looks cheap and tatty.
I think there was something else on the telly at the same time........🤔😂😂🇬🇬🇬🇬🏀🏀