Help! - Salvia Identification

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    Good morning!

    I bought some garden ready Salvias from Marshalls Garden website and they arrived a few days ago. In my haste to unbox them I put them into pots until I could plant them.

    However.....I forgot that I had ordered two varieties. Salvia x24 Nemerosa Caradonna and also x6 Salvia Caradonna 'Pink Inspiration' and they are now all mixed up together without any labels. Doh!

    Is there a way of telling them apart from the foliage at the moment or will I have to wait to see what colour flowers appear?

    Many thanks,

    Ed
     
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    I'm not 100% certain, but once they start to grow the stem colour might give you a clue.
     
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      I will have a look in a bit and report back.
       
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        Well....there were 6 plugs that appeared to be slightly smaller than the rest so I'm hoping they may have been the Pink Inspiration varieties. We will wait and see...
         
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        Looking forward to an update, if only to see whether I was right or not :biggrin:.
         
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