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Salvia Amistad
I've seen this growing beautifully, but when I tried it in my Bristol garden, it didn't really come back after the first winter. I put this down to slugs gobbling up the new shoots before they could get going. Anyone have any better luck? I've got a good spot for it in my new garden, foot of a south facing wall... I wonder if I should try again.
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I am a lot further North than you, but I dig mine up, leave them in a cold greenhouse, then cut them to the ground in about March.
Mine are now sturdy plants and will go into the garden soon.
It is also a good idea to take cuttings in late summer.
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I snapped one of the growing tips off of my amistad about 2 weeks ago by mistake, so I popped it in a pot and already there are roots growing out of the pot bottom
I do find slugs eat the new shoots, but by this time of year, the salvias seem to manage to outgrow the slug appetite so most of mine look rather manky, but they're now growing strongly and usually reach about 7ft
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We've already had several discussions about the Salvia x ‘Amistad’ on this forum:
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/salvia-amistad/922628.html
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/when-to-move-salvia-amistad/508143.html
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/salvia-amistad/710963.html
Some pics on my garden site at http://www.rezeau.org/wp-garden/en/salvia-amistad-2/
In my garden located in Brittany (not on the coast) I have managed to keep my 3 specimens of S. 'Amistad' in the ground for 3 years now. The main problem I have is to remember to keep pinching the tips in May/June to keep it at a reasonable height!
Do you reckon it would get to a reasonable size by autumn, planted from plugs now?
If from plugs, I would keep in pots, increasing the size as they grow.
They will probably be ready to plant out in late summer and may well flower this year.
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If from plugs, if they have those supposedly biodegradeable teabag things around them, remove it before potting on. I lost a load of salvias from plugs. When I pulled them out, the ones in the teabags had died, roots couldn't get out. My own cuttings in gritty compost survived.
That's a good tip, thanks! Although I might hang on and see if good size plants appear in the GCs. Haven't seen them yet but expect they'll appear later in the season.