How to Propagate Salvia and Deadhead Salvia (Salvia nemorosa) / Pruning Salvia

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3 жыл бұрын

Salvia is a great perennial to add to your garden for a bit of color and to attract pollinators. Salvia is very easy to care for and needs very little maintenance to get a lot of bloom production from it. Dead heading is important and while you do this task you can also take cuttings to propagate more salvia for your garden.
The method of plant propagation I used in this video is taking cuttings but salvia may also be divided. The cuttings in this video were taken from Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' but this technique works for many varieties of salvia.
Read more about propagating salvia on my website: growingthehomegarden.com/how-...
Salvia nemorosa is hardy in my Tennessee garden (zone 7).
00:19 Deadheading Salvia
02:14 Taking Cuttings
03:12 Sticking Cuttings
04:12 Rooting Hormone
Rooting Hormone I Used for these Cuttings:
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Link to the Garden Snips I used:
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@jenw5854 Жыл бұрын

I had no idea propagating salvia was so easy! When this rain stops I’ll be collecting cuttings from my favorite immediately!

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I think you'll find propagating plants addictive!

@michaelgray1123 11 ай бұрын

Excellent informative video.......... straight to the point................ very clear and easy to follow instructions............Many thanks!!!!

@jolantarybinska7228 11 ай бұрын

This is the fourth time I have watched your video in the last couple of months. I love the way you explain things and I'm going down to the garden to finally do the job. Quite exciting ☺️

@lorrainedurgee1761 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to explain how to root salvia --plants are so expensive now so I’ll start my own ---

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

Sometimes after rooting cuttings successfully I think in my head and count up how much money I just saved! At least that's how I justify it!

@deegangabissoon1941 3 жыл бұрын

I have several Salvia Blue Marvel. I have been so disappointed when the blooms were all gone. I had no idea how to go about deadheading them for more blooms. I have searched for videos as to how to go about deadheading my plants. Your video is perfect. Your explanations simple and to the point. I also liked your instructions on how to go about propagating new plants. Thank you so much.

@Growingthehomegarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad the video was helpful!

@lindajwilson9848 Жыл бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden Not only helpful, but right to the point, well photographed and I like your voice. So many gardening vlogs are s t r e t c h e d o u t, and get boring before they give all the information. Less is more! Now to my subscriptions list to amend the long, stretched-out channels. Thank you~

@chemistryguy Ай бұрын

Dude, my thanks! Very clear instructions. I'm newly into gardening, so I'm geeked about trying this out.

@Growingthehomegarden Ай бұрын

You're welcome, let me know how they do!

@HomesteadForALiving 3 жыл бұрын

Once you learn to take cuttings and propagate them, money DOES grow on trees!

@Growingthehomegarden 3 жыл бұрын

lol, that's one way to look at it!

@chickadeeacres3864 23 күн бұрын

Good to know! I would have assumed the roots would have come out the nodes like most plants.

@julie4557 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know you had to prune them back like that , thank you

@rnemethmusic Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I just bought one and this is very helpful for caring and propagating!

@W2mNm Жыл бұрын

I just bought and planted May Nights in the ground. Thanks for the clear video! I'm a newbie and didn't want to deadhead incorrectly and now I'm excited to also get more plants.

@Mortamour64 3 жыл бұрын

Dave - just starting my propagation adventure and your website and youtube is filled with great stuff! Thank you for sharing this.

@Growingthehomegarden 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I hope it helps!

@MisBunnypics 2 жыл бұрын

Great video very helpful thank you!

@roybaker6366 2 жыл бұрын

good clear video thanks very much.

@milenadeltorto7158 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm definitely going to try this!

@karenadams5400 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@janettejones286 2 жыл бұрын

Very good, thank you

@J87Visuals 8 ай бұрын

Great video

@HannaARTzink Жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you.

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@pokey3010 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this..

@Growingthehomegarden 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting!

@Ezpize626 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave🙏🏼

@Growingthehomegarden 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@cocomolokobigsis 5 ай бұрын

Thanks dude

@vivianhudacek1556 Жыл бұрын

Hi Dave! New subscriber here, just down the road in West TN! Thanks for the tips!

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! Glad to have another Tennessean!

@LittleJordanFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Great

@jaswas77 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome I just got a bunch of plants for free now. Thanks

@Growingthehomegarden 3 жыл бұрын

Free plants are my favorite kind!

@JWHealing Жыл бұрын

This is fantastic. Thanks so much for all the info! I have Caradonna Salvia too and now I am excited to try to propagate it! Do you have an amazon link for the snips you used to prune your salvia?

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I put a link into the video description for those garden snips I used.

@JWHealing Жыл бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden Ooooh! That's what I get for not being patient. :-) I just bought a pair last night. Those friskars you linked look great. Thanks so much for taking the time.

@brettepruitt8960 Жыл бұрын

Although I've never tried to root salvia, I've always had better luck rooting cuttings in water vs. rooting hormone.

@shainemaine1268 2 жыл бұрын

They're much smaller than I was expecting!

@TMBgarden 2 жыл бұрын

The first year they are smaller but in the second year they become bigger and bold. In fact all perennials that I planted in my heavy clay soil last summer/autumn by spring early summer in thair second year they really perform. Even my flowering pot echinacea transplant. Their first year they don't become showy. But once they get establish nothing can't stopped them! My salvia nemorosa caradonna are like 85 cm tall 90 cm wide from a 11cm pot last year. After transplanted to the grow last year.

@sekarambi5651 2 жыл бұрын

Can u kindly sens few cuttings to india?

@Bandaid17 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. S the salvia you are rooting a perennial or an annual. (I’m in zone 5 PA)

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

It's a perennial variety of Salvia nemorosa called Caradonna.

@kyleFranzen 25 күн бұрын

Just brought home some new Salvia that needs to be pruned, should I do that before I put it in the ground, or plant it and give it time to focus on roots first? Thanks

@Growingthehomegarden 24 күн бұрын

I think that would be a great strategy. It would allow the plant to get acclimated to it's new spot through its root system before expending energy on blooms.

@kamthedondada 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a certain time of year to propagate the plant? Early spring/summer? I’m in zone 7b. Would like to try this now to have more in the spring 23 to fill my bed outdoors.

@Growingthehomegarden 2 жыл бұрын

For salvia and most perennials spring through mid summer is great for cuttings. You can take cuttings just fine right now and have a nice stand for 2023!

@Billme58 2 ай бұрын

Is there a preferred time to take the cuttings for propagating. Fall, spring? Thx, I've planted Mrs. Beards creeping sage, native to my area, southern California. Very fast growing.

@Growingthehomegarden 2 ай бұрын

I will take cuttings from spri g through late summer. After that I like to give them enough time for roots to grow before dormancy. In southern CA though you should be able to take cuttings a lot longer than here in Tennessee. We're a zone 7 area.

@SuperUtubeian 3 жыл бұрын

Should the cutting get sunlight while trying to develop roots?

@Growingthehomegarden 3 жыл бұрын

Dappled sunlight is best. Direct sun will dry the cuttings out fast but once rooting has occurred move it to get better sunlight.

@luidee28 2 жыл бұрын

Some people cut the spent blooms right back to the stem but here you only snip the bloom a little. Which is best? Thank you

@Growingthehomegarden 2 жыл бұрын

I cut back to where the new blooms were forming. Any lower on the stem and I start to lose future flower blooms.

@jessicajane2400 Жыл бұрын

Can you tell us the exact name of the rooting powder you used in this video and where we might get it?

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

Rooting hormones should be of similar quality. Look for the IBA percentage, What I use is normally .1% IBA. I typically can find it at my local box stores and garden centers but you can also order it from Amazon. Here is an affiliate link to Garden Safe (what I currently am using) from Amazon: amzn.to/3Re8dhF

@maureenmckenna5220 Жыл бұрын

This is the second time I am seeing a gardener talk about propagating salvia. I have May Night salvia, a particularly gorgeous color that is about 10 inches high. This sounds like a very good way to get more of this plant. Anyone know of any other perennials that lend themselves to this kind of propagation?

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

This technique can carry over to a large number of perennials. Probably too many to mention!

@ktcooki276 Жыл бұрын

Did you try any cuttings I keep threatening to so finally started today if I'd had stopped procrastinating id have nice little plants now lol if you didn't do it I challenge you to start tomorrow and yes I've found out almost any plant will propogate in the same way good luck

@kirathyst 2 ай бұрын

Could I just place the cutting in water to see roots forming?

@Growingthehomegarden 2 ай бұрын

It's possible to root these in water but I find that success rates go up when planted in a different medium like sand.

@thatlittlevoice8292 Жыл бұрын

Is there any benefit to managing humidity? I would typically use a dollar-store tote as a humidity dome and a misting spray for almost any cutting. Also, would you use the same technique for lavender?

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

There definitely is a benefit! A humidity dome is a great way to keep the moisture around the cuttings. You do have to be careful though and allow some ventilation as cuttings can be affected. With lavender I like to use a small pot with about 6 cuttings in it. Then I'll take a juice or soda container with the bottom cut off to use as a cloche. I take the top off so there is some ventilation. It does need lifted every day or two to help manage the humidity.

@fiona3092 11 ай бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden Just started using drinks bottles as DIY cloches great idea

@ttb1513 Жыл бұрын

The long, loud beeps @3:46 and 4:06 were very confusing. Listening during a rainstorm, I was trying to figure out if a power strip or similar was sounding an audible alarm warning for some reason. Nope. It’s just a sound from this video. 😊

@jgg7377 11 ай бұрын

I know right! Me too! 😱

@christinamauritzon3448 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I've got Salvia in my garden. Can you explain why the seedling grow bigger and higher than a plant from cuttings and they are also somewhat lighter blue color.

@thatlittlevoice8292 Жыл бұрын

Do they look anything like your neighbour's Salvia? A cutting is normally a genetic replica of one original plant but a seedling is usually not. In most gardens, flowers can be cross-pollinated from nearby compatible varieties.

@saltlifess6226 Жыл бұрын

You can also propagate salvia in water

@donnabarbour5358 2 жыл бұрын

The new plants we saw at the end of the video, would you plant them in the garden in the fall or greenhouse them?

@maureenmckenna5220 Жыл бұрын

I am going to do this with my salvia. My plan is to put them in a sheltered spot with sun and shade, keep them moist and plant them back in the ground as soon as I can, when the root system is pretty well developed. Means to me that first and second cuttings would be most valuable giving them more time to get roots. Depends too on how long your growing season is. I can plant in September and October with good success for the following year. I am in zone 7b. I just love this idea.

@shehe2001 2 жыл бұрын

would it work without the rooting Hormons?

@trinhzphotography350 2 жыл бұрын

Not as well. But you can do it without the rooting hormone.

@eberlinschwinn5634 Жыл бұрын

You don’t mention what kind of light the cuttings need. Do they need full sun as normal salvia needs or is that too much?

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

I will keep them in semi-shade until rooted. That helps to reduce the water loss. Wait on full sun until it is well rooted.

@samuraioodon Жыл бұрын

is there a DIY from household items I could use for hormone?

@saraeagle3458 Жыл бұрын

Cinnamon

@peaceoflovelove7980 2 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you put the nodes in the soil don't the roots grow from the leaf node

@Growingthehomegarden 2 жыл бұрын

Salvia will root from the intermodal portion of the stem. You don't need the node to be under the medium. You can, it will work either way. Nodal cuttings allow you to propagate more per stem.

@NocturnalEvo 14 күн бұрын

So i have some salvia (perfect profusion) that is all bloomed out and turned brown. I was about to cut off the spent blooms when I noticed what seems like the spent blooms themselves are blooming again. Am i mistaking soon to be new blooms for spent blooms? or do they rebloom without being pruned?

@Growingthehomegarden 13 күн бұрын

They can rebloom without pruning but they tend to be shorter than the first set of stalks. You can get better blooms by pruning out the old ones and encouraging new branches to grow.

@NocturnalEvo 9 күн бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden thank you!

@nanad6871 3 жыл бұрын

What type of rooting hormone do you recommend?

@Growingthehomegarden 3 жыл бұрын

I am using a rooting hormone that has 0.1% IBA from Garden Safe. l'll put a link in the comments to what I use.

@nanad6871 3 жыл бұрын

Thx

@shellisspace Жыл бұрын

Does each cutting become one plant? Like once they're rooted in big pot donyou put each one in ots own single pot?

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

Yes! Each cutting will become it's own plant. Once enough roots have formed they get potted up individual until large enough to go in the garden.

@shellisspace Жыл бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden thank you

@randyman8984 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a update on this? how do they do? I'm going to do mine tomorrow on my salvia plant. You think I still have time? I'm in Georgia, right below you

@Growingthehomegarden 2 жыл бұрын

You probably still have time. I haven't done an update yet but 3 of the cuttings rooted successfully. I looked at them yesterday and thought I need to make an update.

@randyman8984 2 жыл бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden only thing I hate about using 100 % sand as a medium is its super heavy in these flimsy plastic trays.The tray probaly wont last as long if using sand

@randyman8984 2 жыл бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden Are you 100 % sure thats salvia? I have the exact same plant in your video above but somebody told me it was basil. I think they are right because it has a strong scent. does your have a strong smell(smellls good)

@Growingthehomegarden 2 жыл бұрын

@@randyman8984 100% positive it's a salvia. I will say though that there are basil varieties that have purple stems and the flowers can look very much like salvia blooms. Cinnamon basil is one that comes to mind that often has purple stems.

@mayiles6082 10 ай бұрын

Are they better in garden soil or pots?

@Growingthehomegarden 10 ай бұрын

I like planting salvia in the ground in beds rather than pots but they will do well either way. After I have rooted them I'll put them in pots for a little while until they are larger then plant them where I want them.

@cynthiaarce6164 Ай бұрын

Can i propagate in water?

@Growingthehomegarden Ай бұрын

I generally would advise you to use a soil medium of some kind. They could root in water but you will have better results in a soil medium or rooting medium like sand.

@MrCoweir Ай бұрын

When is the best time/period to propagate salvia?

@Growingthehomegarden Ай бұрын

Anytime after the last frost where you can get a good cutting that isn't too floppy. Generally mid spring through late summer. I would stop after summer and give them time to grow roots through fall.

@Growingthehomegarden Ай бұрын

Generally once the cuttings aren't too floppy and is after the last frost date. Probably mid spring then through late summer. After summer give them time to grow until fall.

@MrCoweir Ай бұрын

@@Growingthehomegarden Cheers!👌

@lindashorrocks920 Жыл бұрын

We are trying to go peat free in the UK to help save the planet. Please join us America!

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

I would love to but the alternatives aren't available in all areas. I generally don't use it anymore and tend to use fine woodchips or sand for most propagation. The last bag of peat I bought may have been 8 years ago and I just used it up a week or two ago.

@YorkyOne 24 күн бұрын

Saliva!?

@sarahmarti141 Жыл бұрын

The most important part of this process is cutting the stem, and you didn’t show us that clearly. Very disappointed.

@Growingthehomegarden Жыл бұрын

I disagree. The cutting of the stem is a simple snip. Salvia will root at a node or in between nodes. It is not picky as to the location or type of cut it received. I'm sorry you are disappointed.