How To Propagate Salvia - taking sage cuttings in autumn

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This video is about how to take salvia or sage cuttings in autumn for overwintering.

[@charcharmaine4860]

Omg. Thank you for explaining it so thoroughly and showing close ups of every step! Too many people assume we all know how to cut plants and skip vital steps.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

So glad you found it useful

[@wesharrison6360]

@@GardeningatDouentza Still useful here in '22. Quite helpful as I have no clue how to landscape and this is my first home :)

[@maureenharper8500]

Genuinely helpful video for this “green” gardener. Not only the step-by-step with close-up video, but also the explanation of basic principles - like, removing leaves from the lower half of the cutting because it decreases stress on the plant during regrowth. Same goes for snipping the upper leaves in half. Subscribed!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you for such positive feedback and for your subscription. I hope you will find lots more of interest on this channel. Have a wonderful day and happy growing.

[@Earthstar_Review]

Be mindful that the right season to take cuttings depends on where you are and the species. This is a charming video. Thank you for posting this!

[@marieash1090]

With that beautiful accent you could read a shopping list and I'd still be enthralled! Very helpful video, thanks

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You are funny 😉

[@hilshils3426]

@@GardeningatDouentza Reminds me of when I visit my son in USA, & people say "Gee I love your accent" (I'm English) and once I was brave enough to say "What accent?" Have just discovered your channel...love it!

[@sibylc2908]

Excellent video! Clear instructions and what a lovely accent. 😊

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you

[@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden]

Thanks for sharing and happy growing.

[@liledfreemon4673]

Wow the first time ever anyone has posted the perfect plant video.. thank you Ma’am

[@GardeningatDouentza]

My pleasure 😊

[@starlight-st9rg]

This was the dearest and greatest explanation ❤ thank you truly

[@GardeningatDouentza]

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[@tinasterry5651]

Many thanks....as always a great tutorial. Simple and to the point. (Tina - Dublin ☘️)

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You’re welcome 😊

[@mrsgardame1411]

This was great. Thank you so much for taking the time 🙏🏻

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You are very welcome. Have a great weekend!

[@3flyte_3flyte]

Thank you. I did not know it will root from cuttings so easily.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad I could help

[@emilyjayne7561]

This is a really helpful tutorial. Thank you!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad it was helpful!

[@danielle2451]

Your accent is lovely and I appreciate the info. Thank you

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You’re welcome 😊

[@firequeen7872]

Hello from New Zealand 😊 thank you for the very helpful video

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You are so welcome!

[@emeldaintongsolana6947]

Thank you so much for sharing Maam I've learn a lot from you!God bless you Chanel....

[@GardeningatDouentza]

So nice of you

[@desertplantsofavalon]

This is such a FANTASTIC How to video Rachel, I LOVED it, the cuttings look so cute :-) the flowers on your Love and Wishes Salvia are beautiful and I love the gorgeous name :-) thanks so much for sharing and sending tons of love and heaps of happiness and Plant Power from Waterford to Wexford and have a MAGNIFICENT Thursday ahead XXXX

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you, Lyn. You're very good. Did you see my email? I was looking for the link to one of your videos, the one on overwintering epis. Maybe it was on general epi care. I want to link to it on my next vid but can't find it.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Gardening at Douentza So sorry Rachel I only just got seeing your email now and have replied :-) thanks so much for linking it onto your next vid :-) that would be fantastic :-) sending you tons of love and happiness for a FAB weekend ahead XXXXXX

[@kennymae]

great! just what I was looking for! Thank you!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad it helped!

[@ericprior7715]

Very well presented and easy to follow.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you

[@88peachpie88]

I didn`t realize I could take cutting from my salvia plants. I will be doing this this morning. Last winter I lost half of my salvia. I`ve been trying to figure out a way to protect them from the cold,...especially since they are saying this winter is going to be a very cold one here in Canada. This is so much easier. Thanks so much for this video Rachel!!!!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Of course you can always dig up your salvias and bring them into the greenhouse. But even then, after a few years, they loose vigour so it's best to start again from cuttings. Sorry that you're in for a cold winter and good luck with those cuttings!

[@ernestol.2417]

Thank you for sharing the knowledge. :)

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you for watching.

[@sherryroberts7716]

I have learned that if you plan to use an herb for culinary purposes, dipping in hormone powder is not good since it imparts the chemicals in the hormone powder. If it is just for ornamental purposes, that is fine. Love your accent, Love Ireland!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thanks for watching.

[@jasmineamorgan]

Thank you very much for this video! Very informative!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You're very welcome!

[@meehan302]

Sage is a great herb Rachel. We used to have sage and onion stuffing in for a chicken dinner.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yum yum

[@ALBANIAN4FREDOM]

Thank you Always from Daytona beach, Florida. USA!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You are very welcome from Wexford, Ireland.

[@promiladutta7914]

Gave me confidence to try and propagate. Thanks

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good luck!

[@Sophies09Mommy]

Same here! She's a natural teacher & makes me feel like i can do it- easy peasy!

[@stardust7936]

Thank you so much. That's perfect.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad it was helpful!

[@frannatura]

Meraviglioso 👏👏👏

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Grazie

[@EireFirst2024]

Great instructions made simple 👌👍👍

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad to hear and thanks for your comment.

[@JackGilbertJr]

Well done, ma’am. Thank you!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

My pleasure!

[@chitracoulton7926]

wow nice video Rachel,

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you, Chitra

[@brianjameson8261]

Thanks Rachel off i go now to take my salvia cuttings...

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good luck!

[@catsey3]

Thank you SO much for this video and for your educational channel! I’ve recently started growing my first plant ever (a lovely violet-blue salvia), and I really want to grow cuttings from her 🥰 I was just wondering, if there’s a little bud atop a potential cutting, would you advise not using that to use for rooting? I saw in a different video that you could just snip the bloom off, but I trust you more! 💖

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hi there and welcome to the channel. Cuttings of salvia are more likely to strike if you use non-flowering shoots. Often the flowering shoots will strike, however. Sometimes it can be really hard to find a shoot that doesn't have flowers or buds for your cutting so you will be forced to make cuttings with the flowering ones. I hope this helps.

[@growtoeat4173]

You can also used cinnamon powder as rooting powder, it wourks like a bomb. Thanks as always for the video, always inspiring.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thanks for your comment. I know about cinnamon's drying qualities for reducing infection but I am surprised to hear it is good for rooting. Happy growing

[@jackiebinkley4391]

Great video. I already took coleus cuttings and may take some blue salvia cuttings to give that a go. Space is my biggest problem at this time of the year.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yeah, space is an issue always but if you want salvias next year...

[@lynnedolan7905]

Deeelightful! Thank you.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Welcome

[@markstevenson9080]

Thank you!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Welcome

[@hilshils3426]

I have just discovered your channel...love it! Great video explanations. I lost 2 new plants last year...'Amistad' & 'Love & Wishes', like yours. Will defintiely take cuttings this year. But I did take cuttings of S.guaranitica 'Black & Blue', 3 are good, now 40 cms tall. Do I pinch out the tips to make them bushier, or take the cutting right down to say 15cms?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I would pinch out the tips to bush them up when they have grown say another two sets of leaves. Good luck.

[@hilshils3426]

Gardening at Douentza Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. Very helpful.

[@alexanderjsdowding]

Neat little video! I am busy doing some research on how to propagate Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’. Do you know whether this technique will be suitable for that Salvia cultivar?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hi there. I have not grown that cultivar myself but the RHS says this method works for this cultivar in summer. Good luck.

[@icxcnika2]

Thanks!!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

No problem!

[@jandomekphotography6829]

Charming video. Why do I have to wait for the stem to be non-flowering before I take a cutting? I was told that stripping the blossoms of my Hot Lips would be just fine. Also, do I need a grow light for my cuttings during the winter months. The days are short and dark here in the NW part of the USA.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good morning. Your cuttings are more likely to strike if you use non-flowering stems. If you only have flowering ones then you must try with them. I don't use additional light for cuttings but I am sure they would grow less leggy if I did. You will have to experiment and find out what works in your environment. Hope this helps.

[@barbaraguzman2625]

Great Video--but it got kind of short on what to do over the winter. I live in Zone 5 in the united states. Do I need a green house to do this? Or after they root-where do I keep them??

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I think you will need to keep your cuttings at about 10 degrees Celsius (50F) overwinter.

[@shannon2227]

Thank you

[@Sophies09Mommy]

Your video is perfect! Thank you so much for the info! I live in Oklahoma and it's warm now . is it ok to do this now? I only have 1 big black & blue salvia plant left after 15 yrs & want to take cuttings now? ( I'm unable to find ANY black & blue anywhere this year except online & with covid19 I don't want to chance it plus it's so expensive ) Is it ok to do what you did except place the growing pot out in the sun and not covered since the lows are in the mid to upper 60s(F) at night with daytime temps of 75F+ ?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yes, you can take salvia cuttings now but keep them in a shaded spot until they strike.

[@Sophies09Mommy]

@@GardeningatDouentza thank you! I took cuttings haha of different things yesterday- went on a cutting binge, used honey instead of rooting hormone , and so far so good. I had never taken proper cuttings before :) pretty proud of myself so far lol. Everything is still alive , and in the shade & still upright not droopy or anything. Thank you again!

[@SimpleCleanAndGreen]

Your only the 2nd gardener that I've seen that cuts the leaves in half for root production. (I've seen alot of gardeners.) Interesting. Do you do that for all your propagation cuttings?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I cut the leaves in half when they are too large. It is a recognised propagation technique.

[@GreenLadyDV]

💚💚💚

[@codyshand9486]

How long does it take to grow

[@iyoutome]

Thanks sister. I grew them one year and they did great. Hummingbirds and all. The following year, no one could grow them. The last two years they look very thin from the grower. She said, no one was getting good grows. Any suggestions? Of the 4 I planted this year, two have some flowers and they are very sparse and small. Also what is the purpose of the Grit? I love this plant . Hoping yourself or someone has some tips on how to fertilize naturally. Peace and Cheers!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good morning, Claudio. Sufficient watering, fertilisation and sun are necessary to grow salvias correctly. I don't know where you live but in my part of the world some species of salvia do not do well in a poor summer. Horticultural grit is a potting component used to facilitate drainage. Hope this helps.

[@iyoutome]

​@@GardeningatDouentza We are in south western Ontario Canada plant hardiness 6b. We have been having late springs so that could be the issue. All local nursery's are having the same issue. Thanks for your input :-),

[@reformationinc.3376]

@@iyoutome Grow sage indoors for a whole year and get it nice and strong. When you plant it on the garden, it is imperative it has good drainage in your climate and you could try to create a warmer micro-climate for it by planting it on the south side of a wall or fence or on the south side of a large rock. You can do it!

[@iyoutome]

@@reformationinc.3376 Thanks very much. I planted 4 of them and 3 are still only 12" tall and 1 is about 18" and just started flowering. I will try to make a cutting and grow indoors for a while. Thanks for the advice. Peace and Cheers!

[@reformationinc.3376]

@@iyoutome Perennials generally take a full season of getting situated and then the 2nd-3rd year they really start to take off. Good Luck!

[@amazingdany]

Gaah, watching this video too late. I really got into local native pollinating plants and the salvia is one! I hope to have more of them in the backyard for the bees and bugs. Meanwhile, the one that I have right now is cold-season dead and left as is. How much should I trim for next season?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

If your salvia is still in the ground I would not trim it at all until spring, when danger of frost has past. I don't know what your climate is like but if it is mild the dead stems will offer some protection through winter. Good luck!

[@amazingdany]

(^_^)

[@balckbettystack]

A lot of people in Australia suggest using seed and cutting mix. Would that still be okay? I've only just begun using this sort of mix because I've always had almost 65% success rate using just potting mix. But they have changed the composition.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I'm sure seed mix would work well as long is it's more free draining and finer than ordinary mix.

[@naminukasful]

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[@msem86]

Excellent! Thank you. How many succeeded??

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Lots. It was three and a half years ago that I made this video so I don't remember the exact number.

[@namruhtmik]

You say to take one without a flower starting. I've looked and looked and all of mine have got flowers starting. Can I snip a new shoot of the starting flower bud and proceed with that??

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hello. It is a great complaint that all of your stems are budding and I congratulate you on growing the salvia so well. You may try with the budding shoots but the likelihood of success is less. Good luck.

[@sarahbrown6637]

❤

[@selene19salgado]

So I live in Texas and my wonderful husband accidentally placed heavy branches over my small autumn sage! Just checked and it has 2 out of its 5 thick branches broken.😔 I'm hoping this method would help as well. The heat now is 90°-100° Fahrenheit.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Good luck. Fingers crossed.

[@convinth]

Do the cuttings need to stay in the shade until they've rooted?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yeah, keep them out of direct sun until rooted!

[@cronussaturn8558]

How often do I need to water the cuttings please? Thanks in advance 👍🏻

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Keep your cuttings just moist! How you do this will depend on your environment. If your cuttings are covered and in a closed system then moisture won't escape and you will seldom need to water. Hope this helps.

[@ugtitto2654]

Can I cut my Salvia Mysty down to the ground in late autumn and mulch it with composted bark to overwinter in my temperate climate? One more question: did you try to grow lavenders in the ground in Ireland? Do they perform at all? Thank you!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hi there. With the salvia, try it! Maybe take a back up cutting first though. As for lavender, the English lavender comes through the winter fine here, the French one always dies.

[@ugtitto2654]

@@GardeningatDouentza Great! Thank you so much for your feedback. It gives me hope. I'm so glad the one I bought yesterday was English lavender (Munstead). Lavender farmers say it will only grow in Ireland if you add 25kg of grit per square meter of bed, or grow in a raised bed, or pot it using equal parts of grit, John Innes N3 compost and peat and mulch with cacti soil mix or grit because lavenders hate soil particles that spring up on their leaves during watering or rain. Sounds a bit fussy, but I keep my green fingers crossed.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

@@ugtitto2654 I guess it depends o your soil. I have very stony well drained soil an don't have to do anything special with the English lavender, except prune after flowering. Good luck.

[@ugtitto2654]

@@GardeningatDouentza It's such a relief to know that. Thank you once again.

[@carmenbugeja8722]

Hi, Someone has left saliva cuttings for people to have, how long can they survive until being grounded?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Get them in water as soon as possible. Speed is of the essence.

[@michelebatten1360]

You really should be tipping a bit of rooting hormone into a separate container for use, to avoid the risk of contamination to the main supply.

[@jupitermoon7137]

Your greenhouse is beautifully clean. Not like mine!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

We all need to set outrpriorities and sometimes there is just too much to do besides the greenhouse. That is okay because your greenhouse is there for you when you have time to give it!

[@jupitermoon7137]

@@GardeningatDouentza :)

[@sarahthomas2303]

Can you propagate in water?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Why not!

[@zebriu100]

Hi do you have salvia apiana seeds?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Sorry, no!

[@samanthanicholson9015]

What's the purpose of cutting the tips off the leaves?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

It reduces transpiration as the rootless cutting cannot support vast foliage but needs some for photosynthesis. It's the same as removing lower leaves.

[@samanthanicholson9015]

@@GardeningatDouentza what works better removing the bottom leaves or clipping the tips?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

@@samanthanicholson9015 Always remove the bottom leaves. If the top leaves are big then cut them.

[@beverleyjackson3629]

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