Salvia Hot Lips.

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Sleepingpopman

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Salvia Hot Lips.
« on: August 18, 2024, 13:51 »
  Good Afternoon everybody.
We bought a Salvia Hot Lips at the beginning of last summer & put it in the garden between a hydrangea & a peony, all was good last summer & at the end of summer we cut it right back but this year it has grown much bigger & has totally taken over so we need to move the Hot Lips to a more suitable place.
My Question is When is the best time to move it?
We look forward to any thoughts.
Keith.

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jaydig

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Re: Salvia Hot Lips.
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2024, 19:39 »
I would imagine it would be best moved in late autumn, when all signs of life have left the plant and it is shutting down for the winter. If you are worried about losing it, could you postpone the move until next year, but meanwhile select a low-growing branch (or two), scrape away the bark on the side nearest the soil, then bury it, pinning it down with a tent peg or the like.  You will probably find that next spring it will be showing signs of growing independently of the mother plant and you can either pot it on, or plant it in your chosen alternative spot.  They do tend to grow massively and need a good, hard prune each year to keep them in check, but they flower for such a long time, and if it's very hot the flowers tend to revert to white, regaining the red when the weather becomes cooler again.

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Sleepingpopman

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Re: Salvia Hot Lips.
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2024, 22:12 »
Hi again. Many thanks to jaydig for taking the time to reply to our question
& the great info.

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muckyboots

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Re: Salvia Hot Lips.
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2024, 13:48 »
HI,as a precaution take some cuttings they take quite easily ,cut just under a leaf node strip lower leaves place in a pot around the edge and thats it ,i always take cutting of my salvias before winter just in case .good luck.

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Re: Salvia Hot Lips.
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2024, 12:52 »
Hello I saw Salvia hot lips when it wad first developed ,i at a show in Manchester it was only 2 feet high  the people on the stand said to just trim the spent flowering shoots off it would keep it maintained at this height,if I remember rightly it was part of a group of 4 plants named after  characters in the television series Mash Hot lips Holaghan ,Radar red with white radiating streaks from the centre cant remember the names of the other 2 one wad all red and one opposite to hot lips red with a white edge    jezza


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