I took some salvia cuttings a few weeks ago and they've rooted already. Still plenty of time to take some. Buy nice bushy plants, with NOT many flowers. It's the young , flower free, shoots you want. You'll have tons by next year.
As much as I hate disagreeing with you, I take no notice if the bits have flowers on, I just pick them off, they root just the same.
I bow to your superior knowledge m'lovely. x I have to admit, I've just nipped off tiny flower buds. You win some, you lose some, but I've never studied so hard as to tell which made it and which didn't.
@Obelixx, l always have the same problem as you with pineapple sage. It just starts to flower then the weather turns, l think it's just the way they are.
Have to wonder if it's worth bothering then as there are others, like Amistad, that start earlier and last longer and, frankly, have a much richer colour.
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I put Salvia and Veronica cuttings in peaty compost, I don’t know if it makes any difference which you use, that’s just my choice, it’s very light and free draining. i put a plastic bag over but only for a few days, then leave them free. Its difficult to find non flowering shoots on either plant because every shoot flowers! Just pick them off as you see them growing.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I find Gregii but down roots in compost in a couple of days if they are happy. Quite astonishing to watch.
When I first got some I broke all the rules (that I didn't know about then) and put a whole branch from a smashed bush in a pot and got a whole new bush in a matter of weeks. Of course, I have tried that many times since and it never worked for me again. The naive blessings of the beginner that just tries anything.
do you keep the cuttings outside at this time of year, in their plastic bags ? Or should I keep them indoors ? I’ve got one of those cheap ‘propagators’ which is basically a plastic seed tray with a clear plastic domed top - would this be any good to house the cuttings until roots appear ?
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I have to admit, I've just nipped off tiny flower buds. You win some, you lose some, but I've never studied so hard as to tell which made it and which didn't.
i put a plastic bag over but only for a few days, then leave them free.
Its difficult to find non flowering shoots on either plant because every shoot flowers! Just pick them off as you see them growing.
do you keep the cuttings outside at this time of year, in their plastic bags ? Or should I keep them indoors ? I’ve got one of those cheap ‘propagators’ which is basically a plastic seed tray with a clear plastic domed top - would this be any good to house the cuttings until roots appear ?
thanks