Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
Some salvias are tender and require winter protection, but ‘Hot Lips’ – a cultivated variety of Salvia x jamensis – manages to survive the whole year through planted outdoors, even on our relatively heavy soil. This year it took its time to reclothe its woody framework, a good third of which you can get away with chopping back at the beginning of spring, lest the whole shrubby form get too out of hand. One advantage of the slovenly start is that it has shot even more from the base the year, meaning lots of healthy – if slightly late – new growth, which will allow me to cut the crispy bits back even harder next season.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
