Just wondering if its too late to trim my hotlips, im very new to gardening. My hotlips was fantastic last year, just seems a bit woody to me at the moment, any tips would be very helpful.
i'm in the south east and mine has just started to get little leaves on it (on the twiggy bits) not on all the twigs mind you so i'm going to leave it and see if more growth appears and once it's got going i will trim out all the dead bits that have no growth on. not sure if this was the right way to do it but i didn't prune mine last year as wasn't sure whether to or not.
verdun should i prune mine back too as some have only leaves near the top with nine below, should i just prune it right back there too, it's about 12 inches tall roughly?
Yeah im in the south east as well, got some little leaves coming but not much, very woody t the base of the plant, i didnt prune mine last yeat sanjy67 was too scared lol
thanks verdun, i know you are the salvia man that can, so i shall chop it back my salvia amistad is showing signs of life from the base too, i know i shouldn't go poking about but i was excited when i saw it was attached and not a weed, just hoping the mystic spires comes back too, will that also be from the base? that is my favourite.
nita3 i know what you mean but the guys on here know their stuff which helps enormously
yep i live in south east aswell gave mine a good pruning left it about 3ft off ground plenty of new shoots and leaves having said that i done it two weeks ago and its fine
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i'm in the south east and mine has just started to get little leaves on it (on the twiggy bits) not on all the twigs mind you so i'm going to leave it and see if more growth appears and once it's got going i will trim out all the dead bits that have no growth on. not sure if this was the right way to do it but i didn't prune mine last year as wasn't sure whether to or not.
verdun should i prune mine back too as some have only leaves near the top with nine below, should i just prune it right back there too, it's about 12 inches tall roughly?
Yeah im in the south east as well, got some little leaves coming but not much, very woody t the base of the plant, i didnt prune mine last yeat sanjy67 was too scared lol
thanks verdun, i know you are the salvia man that can, so i shall chop it back
my salvia amistad is showing signs of life from the base too, i know i shouldn't go poking about but i was excited when i saw it was attached and not a weed, just hoping the mystic spires comes back too, will that also be from the base? that is my favourite.
nita3 i know what you mean but the guys on here know their stuff which helps enormously
* verdun that was supposed to none below not nine
yep i live in south east aswell gave mine a good pruning left it about 3ft off ground plenty of new shoots and leaves having said that i done it two weeks ago and its fine
graham10 how much is left in inches of the branches/twigs or of the plant itself, just as a guide