Having grown Salvia Hot Lips for a number of years, I see there are two new colours Amethyst and Cherry, my question is have any of you grown them, are they any good and worth the cost and bother?
I have not had them before though so can’t compare to hot lips. That said I ordered two of each and I ended up with one cherry and one hot lips and two amethyst lol
i have taken cuttings of them already and they have taken so they are easy to propagate.
I have several "Amethyst Lips" and they are flowering well. I'm glad l heard Carol Klein say that the flowers start off purple before changing colour, or else l might have thought l'd been sold a dud ! I do have "Hot Lips" that came from my dad's garden, but l'm not very keen on it to be honest. I much prefer the new colour.
Thanks for the info, Hot Lips and Neon are the truely only fully hardy ones that I grow, the others have to be sheltered and overwinter in the cold greenhouse!
I will be interested in knowing if the new two some survive or not!
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i have taken cuttings of them already and they have taken so they are easy to propagate.
They will be pruned shortly.
I do have "Hot Lips" that came from my dad's garden, but l'm not very keen on it to be honest. I much prefer the new colour.
They are new so no one has had them over the winter yet. They don’t like it to be too wet.