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SALVIA GUIDES

purple flowering salvia plants growing outside in a garden bed

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Salvia plants are herbaceous annuals or perennials with many species and countless cultivars .

They boast both decorative and culinary value , so you will certainly want to make use of these howling plant .

secateurs being used to take cuttings from a salvia stem

“ Many Salvia species are borderline hardy in the UK , so institute out in May and then taking semi - hardwood cutting in summertime is a great way to control persistence , ” share Master Horticulturist Colin Skelly .

“ Once the press cutting have engage , I am happy to remove and compost the previous year ’s plants once they have die back from frost harm .

“ With hardy Salvia , I will often   practice the same manoeuvre every 2 - 3 years to keep them vigorous   and succinct . ”

basil seedlings and a salvia cutting propagating on a windowsill in plastic pots

fortuitously , they are fair easy to pass around .

In this mail we focus on propagation via cutting , of which there are two method :

These methods are explained in more deepness below .

sage propagating in white plastic pots

1) Semi-Hardwood Cuttings

In late July or early August , prepare a small Henry Clay mickle with a mix of approximately half perlite or grit ( or both ) , and one-half cut compost and piss it well .

Inspect your Salvia plant and choose a theme near the bottom that is from the current yr ’s ontogeny but which has no bud , then :

In my experience the carving will take 2 - 4 hebdomad to take root .

gardening scissors being used to take cuttings from fresh softwood growth on a sage plant

After the cutting germinate roots and shows fresh green outgrowth , I would recommend you let it to grow in the same pot but dispatch the plastic old bag , gradually foreshorten the frequency of tearing , and slowly increase exposure to direct sunlight .

After a few weeks pot on the cut to a with child stool .

You may transplant it to a spot in your garden if that mixed bag is sufficiently hardy for your region , otherwise pot it on so that it can be overwintered indoors .

potted sage plant with lots of leaves growing on a table inside in front of a window

2) Softwood Cuttings

Anytime during May , prepare a lowly clay pot with a mixture of approximately half perlite or gumption ( or both ) , and half constituent compost .

Water this soil so that it is damp through , then :

If the existing leaves have not shrivelled and fallen off and if the stem has not browned and withered , it mean good things are happening underground !