How to Overwinter Salvia. How to divide Salvia. Get bigger profusions faster by overwintering your mature salvia plants in container pots. Watch how. Check out the update video!! • Overwintering Salvia U... Music: www.bensound.com/
Man I have been saving my black and blues the hard way for two years now. I agree with you I don't want to spend $60 each year for these flowers. The way I overwinter is I have a black and blue in a pot and bring it into the basement. Around February I'll take a cutting from the potted plant, and use root powder to make that cutting the new potted plant for the year. I'll then take the old potted black and blue and plant it in my flower bed. Once we get our first freeze, I consider the inground plant a goner. (I live in zone 5). The problem like you said is that cutting takes FOREVER to mature. I'll be using this technique for now on. Great vid! Check out Wendy's Wish Salvia as well if you want a nice contrast with the black and blue the hummingbirds will also go crazy for.
Hello! Thanks for the nice feedback. I’m so glad you found this video helpful! I sure did when I learned about it. I will definitely check that out! I love hummingbirds! I also love your RU-vid name haha.
Haha thanks for the love of the channel name. I discovered Wendy’s Wish when I lived in Cali 10 years ago. A great plant, just expensive. Great channel content. Keep up the good work!
Oh my goodness I am so glad I found your video this morning. I’m in Nebraska,USA zone 5A. I spend so much money 💰 every spring buying these things. I try to save the seeds, I can’t get them to grow. I am totally going to try this this fall and see what happens next spring. Hopefully you’ll save me a bunch of money.💰😁
I live in Colorado northeastern plains, which is zone 5b. I have always left my Salvia in the ground during the winter. I use a depth of 4 inches of crushed tree leaves around each plant. The Salvia is usually covered by about 2 ft of snow almost every winter, sometimes 5 foot snowdrifts, they have weathered blizzards and sub zero temps. They always grow back bigger each spring.
So Illinois, northern part zone 5. Going to try this by bringing mine inside, they were just in pots over the summer. No basement so will put them in a spare bedroom with a window facing east. Wish me luck. Gonna try keeping my meyer lemon tree alive inside this year too 🌻🍋 Btw, great video, thank you!
The Mystic Spires Blue Salvia appear to be similar to the Black and Blue on how they die back in cold weather. Both are hardy to Zone 7, and we're in Zone 8b (although winters the past three years have been COLD). We get what looks to be the same new growth coming out of dormancy, but with the Mystics, it seems this new growth is from the old wood and not from the roots. Get a windy day in spring, and this new growth tends to separate from the old wood, causing any new sprouted branch to die back. Immensely frustrating. For us, we end up treating Mystics as an annual. A rather expensive annual.
The one time I overwintered this plant. And come early spring, I wanted to divide it. I was like whoa! What are the knotty tubers? I thought it was a disease or root gall. I didn't realize salvia made tubers.
I love the black n blue salvia but every year I had to buy them online. This year I decided to dig them n bring them in w my Amaryllis , my question is they have gotten so tall . Should I trim them back hoping they get bushier n not die ? I was so happy to find your channel . I purchased cutting last year they barely had any roots when I got n they never survived . Thank you for the great video n your helping novice gardeners 😊
Here in England they over winter in the garden just fine down to -5 then come spring time you prune them back so they will grow once more and if after three years then you can dig them up to divide then did you also no if you leave them in the ground they will start to pop up everywhere has there roots will run
I live in zone 7. My black and blue is still green,,,,we may get our first freeze over the next week. I actually need to transplant them since they have gotten too big for the area they are in. Do I cut them down now before any freeze and when should I transplant now or in the spring. Thank you so much for your help! Sorry just a little confused. :)
I wouldn’t worry about cutting them down before the freeze. They say they are cold hardy in zone 7. I’m in a zone 6 so I lift mine up before the first freeze and bring them in my greenhouse. ( although mine would be okay with a few freezes since the temperatures aren’t colder than a zone 7. Does that answer your question?
That would be fine! I would put it a bit away from the west side window so it can get some of that indirect light 👍 they don’t need a lot of light. Just make sure you water them about once or twice a month so they don’t dry out. They don’t need a lot of water. They will get leggy…in spring I cut mine back to about one inch after planting and they take off and grow quickly. If they are getting to leggy in your garage you can cut them back. They are so tough. I stored mine in a basement with little light.
You finished the video with the pots each having a cut down salvia, each placed in the basement. I assume that although the basement maybe a bit cooler than your upstairs, it is still lots warmer than outside...right? And with little light, these potted roots remain dormant for the entire winter until you bring them outdoors after the last chance of frost is no longer? Do I have that right?
Mine actually grew inside. I never let mine go dormant. I just cut them back periodically if the stems are getting to long and water them about once a month. They are so tough. It’s hard to mess them up. When I plant them in the ground in spring when temps are warm enough, I cut back any dead stems, divide if they are big and plant and cut the growth down. That’s about it. Any other questions feel free to ask
Hi great video and tips for overwinter Black and Blue salvia - do you know where you can find seed. I have looked all over the net in Canada, USA, and Europe and can not find any? Also did you know that this plant is an absolute humming bird magnet?
Yes. I have a video coming soon on there growth and they are starting to bloom. We are a month behind on blooming this year. I’m Looking forward to seeing the honeysuckles below my front porch soon!
It totally should…it’s hardy to zone 7. If you are worried about it, fill garbage bags with leaves around the plants to keep them more insulated if desired. You can also mulch around the plants.
@@aym280 I have been hearing about overwintering dahlias lately. I would love to try that. I don’t love the varieties I bought this year, but I think I will experiment with them anyway and keep them in the ground. I’m going to buy some new ones. Any suggestions on some great varieties let me know 😃
Hey. Mine flower spikes shoot up pretty quickly after I plant them. Around end of June/ Beginning of July. I usually put them back in the ground mid-may.
Love your video. I have an Amistad Salvia very similar to yours. I’ve never overwintered them and I’m curious. What is your success rate? Do they all survive? Any other suggestions or recommendations for success? Much thanks!!!
Hey. My overwintering success rate is 100 percent and than some. Just don’t let them dry out. I would divide them as they get bigger. They can be tough to divide…I actually used a powered tool 😂😂😂. Mine have dried out and than I gave them water and they bounced back. They don’t need much. You don’t need to water a ton. Maybe twice a month in a basement, more often in a green house or sunnier indoor spot. Cut them back before planting because overwintering causes leggy stems. Other than that super east and tough annual to grow! Mine are looking great! This is my third or fourth year. Full sun or part shade is great.
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