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Purple Sage Cuttings

enilorac2enilorac2 Posts: 77
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My purple sage has spread so much in the ground that I’ve decided to take it out and try to contain it in a pot, or two.  What is the best way to take cuttings both for me and my local horticultural society’s stall at the Artisan Market on 12th October, please? My husband has decided he must remove it TODAY so any early advice would be much appreciated.  Thank you.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If it’s spread you may well find that it’s actually layered itself and that your plant is actually several individual plants which just need separating from the original and potting up. 😊 

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





  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    I generally find that sage cuttings take well in water. A little counterintuitive as they don't like to be soggy, but they work. 
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Agree with @LG You nay well get some rooted bits in water in time for the market but hedge your bets and do some in a gritty compost too.
  • enilorac2enilorac2 Posts: 77
    Thank you all.  I managed to salvage (no pun intended) several pieces before they got to the Big Green Bin and have tried both ways.  Fingers crossed for the 12th Oct, though I do feel I should warn people how invasive the can become if you take your eye off them. The smell is lovely though …
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    @enilorac2 Just wondering whether we are talking about the same thing here ?  I assumed, I think wrongly now, that you were referring to the herb sage which I have never known to be remotely invasive - either green or purple.
    Good luck with the market stall anyway  :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree @philippasmith2 … in some of my previous gardens it’s struggled … happily here the sage spreads gently to fill its allotted space, but I’d never call it invasive… I cut it back every spring as usual and it leads up again and provides me with leaves for the kitchen through the summer and autumn, but invasive?  Not in my experience. 
    However there are other plants in the salvia family … perhaps it’s one of them? 

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





  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    You have a point, @philippasmith2 - I was taking the question at face value but perhaps we should have enquired further as to which Salvia...
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Have you got a photo @enilorac2? I could never keep it alive here, let alone find it invasive, but it might be that it's not the plant we all think is being discussed, as has been suggested. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • enilorac2enilorac2 Posts: 77
    I’m afraid it’s all gone in the bin now. But it is definitely purple sage, the herb, which I used often in cooking.  I have already bought a plain green herbal sage to replace it in a pot. I must be extraordinarily lucky in my garden in Suffolk which is extremely light and sandy.  
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ah .., the perfect soil for them. I spent much of my life on Suffolk boulder clay, but my late brother’s farm includes some of the sandier former heathland near the coast so i know what it’s like. 😊 

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





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