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Piling up around base

Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
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I don't know what it's called, when you pile up soil around a plant stem to encourage higher roots, or plant it deeper.. can I do that with a leggy salvia greggii? It's looking like a small tree. Maybe I didn't plant the cutting deep enough, I don't know - it's a year old. 

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  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    I'd chop it back to encourage bushier growth.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Lift it and replant.  :)
    If it's only that age, it won't mind being moved. If you think it'll flower, and you desperately want that, you could leave it until autumn.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I cut mine back by two thirds in late spring … even cuttings taken the previous year. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    As @Dovefromabove says, the key is to prune them hard in the Spring, that ensures you get growth from lower down.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    It did get pruned, but there wasn't much to take - all the others are fine. Can I bury some of this stem? 

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