One of the summer drought stars for this week’s cheerful flower.
This was an impulse purchase last year and I’m so glad I succumbed. It’s proved its worth in the dry summer and is giving some much-needed late summer colour. Let’s hope it gets through the winter if we get a cold one!
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Very easy to take cuttings as insurance, and now is a good time 🙂
I’m hopeless at cuttings – my dad used to do them and I did his seeds. Maybe I need to try again.
Always worth a go, I find they take quite easily. I must do some this weekend. “So cool pale blue” is another favourite that I don’t want to lose, and a wet winter is probably more damaging than a cold dry one 🙂
I’ll have to look up that variety. Sounds good.
I’m hopeless at keeping salvias going. This one is a beauty though I’d say it was cerise and not maroon on my computer monitor. I bought three Amistad this year, but will they still be around next?
I couldn’t keep ‘Amistad’. Had more success with ‘Nachtvlinder’.