Solved What is this pretty little shrub?

Is it Salvia variety hot lips?

 

Yes it is a lovely plant ,and although mine loses its leaves at some point through winter it still comes back mid summer until Feb / March .

 

I think I've heard they are easy to get going by cuttings , not sure if the right time but I dont mind having a go at rooting some for you if your intrested.

 

I found with salvias they'll root just by staring at them, so yeah, quite easy!.
My hot lips will not tolerate drying out and throws a strop by sending out pure white flowers. Quite attractive but not what I want

 

@flounder... What about one of these....

or this?

 

I knew I was doing something wrong!
Here, within the chalk filled hills on the outskirts of Brighton, a really good watering will disappear in minutes
I used to dream of having clay soil to stop seepage....until I did some work on a clay filled garden

 

Neither's ideal. There are some lovely silt-filled river valleys round here, if you don't mind being under 3m of flood water every 5 years or so. Whoever designed this planet really didn't do a very good job of it, did he/she?

 

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I must admit that Hot Lips is not a face of mine. Equally as hardy but far nicer (IMO) is Nachtvlinder. Mine is still blooming even after a couple of light frosts.

 

Most of the shrubby Salvias are useful rather than exciting IMHO 'Joy' is one of the prettiest, but seems to have disappeared without trace here......typical!

 

So is mine! I do intend to get 'Amethyst Lips' at some point, which I've wanted for months but keep forgetting to buy! I absolutely love the white and purple flowers, just gorgeous.

Nick