How to grow sage - dividing plants with cuttings -The best Sage for cooking

Paulo shows you some of his sage in his woodland garden and describes some of his experiences growing it.
He has discovered that it really isn’t a fussy herb and quite easy to take cuttings from. Some of his sage grew extremely leggy and actually ended up rooting into a thick layer of bark mulch. It is easy therefore to use these as root cuttings and regenerate old plants by cutting them back to the ground.
Paulo explains they are very effective as a landscape ground cover. Their decorative evergreen foliage means they can look good and serve the kitchen all year round. He explains that the common sage Salvia Officinalis is not actually the best for cooking.
Stronger strains like Spanish Sage ‘Salvia Lavandulifolia is actually much more pungent.
Why not get out there and grow some?

[@MrBrznak]

i have some in my garden and it grows like crazy, doubles in size every year.Started with a base plant, after digging it up i seperated it into 10 plants.throwing some halfrotten compost or wood chips at the base if you want to dig it up in the fall works great for rootgrowth. i also had success with hardwood cuttings , with top leafs of without . i was pruning back raspberries in dezember and stuck some of the sage i pruned back in the empty space between the rows, about 70% developed roots with no care whatsoever, stuck in the ground in dezember.i think this plant is harder to kill than to propagate :D

[@roddeyfrost5816]

Keep up the good work! Really enjoy the videos, learning a lot!

[@paulotheurbanfarmer5982]

Hey Thanks Roddey!! Hope you are well mate!

[@nancyfahey7518]

I failed 3x's during the summer. Will try one more time this winter. Our summers are pretty wet so that was probably the reason for failure.

[@GardenMyselfHappy]

Great video. I have a large plant I want to divide and gift. It flowers annually can this still be used? Thanks

[@Plant_Mama]

That sage looks lovely, I actually forgot about how much I like it in my cooking until now. Great information, thanks so much!

[@paulotheurbanfarmer5982]

Hey Thanks Tatiana!.....how do you use it in the kitchen? How are all those lovely plants ?

[@Plant_Mama]

Paulo the Urban Farmer it tastes great with a lot of different meats, like chicken or pork!