How to Take Salvia Cuttings | Taking Perennial Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' Cuttings | Gardening Tips

Hardy perennial Salvias are great garden plants and can be used in perennial beds and containers for summer-long flowers. In this video we are propagating Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' by taking cuttings but this technique can be applied to many other Salvia varieties.
Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:43 Taking Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' cuttings
07:18 After the cuttings have rooted
09:23 What to do with the pot of cuttings
09:43 Outro
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[@perennial-garden]

So nice! You're so gooc at showing the whole process all the way through. So helpful!

[@MadAboutGardening]

Thanks so much guys 😊 with all your propagations and all ours we could have the biggest plant nursery known to man! 🤣🌱

[@perennial-garden]

@@MadAboutGardening So true! There's a house on our street going up for sale soon. Just saying!

[@MadAboutGardening]

@perennial-garden Now there's a thought! 🤣

[@martianleaderrichy1520]

Thanks for sharing your tips from cutting to after care, very helpful. Thank you, Richy 😃👍

[@MadAboutGardening]

Thanks Richy, hope your week is going well. Rain here again the last few days ☹️. Take care 🙂 👍

[@purnp5897]

Oh dude you are the man! Only last week i asked about this, you responded and now action. If you keep this up you will grow such a strong community behind you and i am rooting for you!

[@MadAboutGardening]

Thanks so much! We try our best 😊 Glad that you're happy with the video, hope it helps with your cuttings 👍

[@nicholasryan5401]

Great video, Salvia caradonna are the bees knees, they are great for pollinators. I have eight of them in the flowerbeds.

[@MadAboutGardening]

They are fab plants and one we wouldn't be without. Thanks for watching Nicholas 😀

[@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf]

Thanks for the tips, i'll give this method a go

[@MadAboutGardening]

You're welcome 👍

[@wendybartlett6717]

I must add more Salvias to my garden as I only have Hot Lips and Cherry Lips. I didn't realise that there were so many different varieties. I've had Amistad in the past which was lovely but it rotted when my soil got waterlogged.

[@MadAboutGardening]

Hot lips is a lovely Salvia Wendy. I've not grown Cherry lips though. There are loads of Salvias and we've tried many of them but find the slugs like them too. Caradonna and Cardonna Pink Inspiration are now the only two varieties we grow. Amistad is really nice too but I'm always too scared to buy one in case I lose it to the slugs. Thanks Wendy, take care xxx

[@lisab.6818]

I was hoping that you would show salvia next!!!! What is the difference of your way or rooting in water please? What great style you two have, I love that container and greenery on the table. What is that plant 🪴 please? Thank you, I am subscribed!

[@MadAboutGardening]

Glad we have timed this video perfectly for you 😀. With rooting these in water we would take the cuttings the same but there's no need to remove all the foliage except the lover leaves to stop them rotting in the water. The plants on the table are Liatris spicata. The flowers are fantastic when they come out 👌. Thanks for watching and subscribing 🙏

[@Elle.Smith.]

Another great video! Thank you. BTW: are you both horticulturists?

[@MadAboutGardening]

Thanks for watching Elle. I'm trained in garden design and amenity horticulture but no longer work with plants professionally, but I'm working on it! Andrew has a lifetime of gardening experience and worked with me designing planting schemes. He now works in secondary education.

[@margaretcraggs6713]

Thanks for that, but after the cuttings have rooted and I have potted them up individually, when can I plant them in the flower bed?

[@MadAboutGardening]

We would plant them out when the roots have filled the pot which at this time of year will be a matter of weeks.

[@afinney435]

Where do you keep the spare salvias that you’ve grown from cuttings?

[@MadAboutGardening]

These ones will be kept in pots in a sunny position. These particular plants are hardy so don't need any protection from the weather in winter.