Wednesday 28 November 2018

Hot Lips

A month or so ago I first spotted a pretty plant on our early morning walk-about.
It has unusual small white flowers with bright red lips.
I've tried several times to photograph it without success.

After a search or two I found out what it is:
A Salvia with the common name 'Hot Lips'.
I thought to myself, 'That is a must have.'

A search of eBay brought up some plug plants from my favourite plug plant seller;

The original listing on eBay:

 Screenshot (2018-11-28 2.50.10 pm)

Today they arrived:

 Salvia 'Hot Lips'

When we returned from our mid-afternoon walk I set about potting them up:

Salvia 'Hot Lips'

They are classed as half hardy but should be able to survive all but the harshest winters.
For now they are in the greenhouse while they get established.


6 comments:

  1. They look a bit like coloured dog violets. Very smart.

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    1. Adrian: Even though the flowers are so small they look quite stunning/

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  2. Will they self-seed? I know some salvias do.

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    1. Wilma: I don't know. Maybe if the seed heads are allowed to mature fully.

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  3. Should be hardy- mine sailed through the "beast from the east" this year. These salvias are easy to take cuttings from.

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    1. Conehead54: Many thanks for that information.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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