Up next in 10
This video explains how to grow salvia from cuttings using a simple step-by-step method. It shows how to select healthy stems and prepare them correctly for successful rooting.
The guide covers cutting length, removing lower leaves, suitable compost, watering and positioning, along with tips to improve root development. It also explains how to care for young plants after rooting to encourage strong growth and more blooms.
If you want to multiply your salvia plants and create more flowers in your garden, this video provides practical beginner-friendly advice for successful propagation.
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
hey everyone and welcome back to
0:02
gardening with Ben in today's video
0:04
we're going to be potting up our Salvia
0:07
cuttings what we started earlier on in
0:10
the year so sit back relax and enjoy
0:12
today's episode
0:14
[Music]
0:33
you may have remembered a bit back when
0:36
we took some salvi cuttings I've never
0:38
taken Salvia cuttings before it was the
0:40
first time that I'd ever done it because
0:42
first year that I'd had Salvia on my
0:44
allotment which I purchased from BBC
0:47
gardeners world live I thought they
0:50
smell absolutely beautiful they looked
0:53
gorgeous and I thought I'm going to grow
0:54
some of them so I bought three varieties
0:57
of them and one of them smells like
0:59
black current it's absolutely gorgeous
1:02
and it were expensive to buy but I
1:05
thought let's try and make some cuting
1:07
and let's see if we can get some more
1:09
plants it looks pretty easy to do so I
1:11
thought I'll give it a go and that's the
1:13
thing about gardening it's experimenting
1:15
and trying new things and if you can get
1:17
free plants from it why not hey I'm a
1:20
Yorkshire man that is for
1:22
sure but yeah if let's have a look at
1:25
what so this is one of the cuttings that
1:27
I took as you can see it's absolutely
1:30
doing brilliant the leaves are dying off
1:32
now but it's in good shape and it's got
1:35
a flower on it so we're going to put
1:37
these up into bigger pots so that they
1:39
can Bush out we're going to cut the
1:40
heads off so that they can focus on
1:42
growing the roots and building a better
1:44
system so we' got about 12 of these to
1:47
do and if you were to buy these in shop
1:50
wow they'd be
1:51
like8 that's how much I think paid for
1:54
each salv plant 8 pound so yeah
1:56
hopefully we can keep them going
1:58
throughout the winter period and get
2:00
them growing and then we're going to
2:01
plant them out in the springtime when
2:04
it's warmer possibly after the frosts
2:06
being so that they can take root better
2:09
so yeah these are going to look
2:11
absolutely gorgeous next year on The
2:12
alotment and it will encourage the Beast
2:14
to come and smell absolutely gorgeous so
2:18
let's get these potted up and let's get
2:20
them sorted so let's have a look at what
2:23
it looks like inside the plant pot so as
2:26
you can see the roots have taken really
2:28
well it's a bit dry not watered
2:31
it but yeah once we take off the old
2:35
compost and we break it up and then
2:38
we're going to put them into some larger
2:40
plant pots which are nice and big so
2:43
hopefully they'll build a nice big root
2:44
system in the plant pot and it'll
2:47
encourage them to grow bigger and
2:48
hopefully get better plants for next
2:50
year so let's get these sorted let's get
2:53
them pot it up and let's show you the
2:55
outcome so I've potted them all up and
2:57
I've realized I've got a lot more than I
3:00
thought I
3:01
had so I've got 20 plants all together
3:05
absolutely
3:06
L of them so hopefully these are going
3:10
to look absolutely gorgeous in my
3:12
allotment next year because they Bush
3:13
out really well they grow really bushy
3:16
and really nice so they're going to look
3:18
absolutely amazing so we just need to
3:20
prune all the flowers off now and get
3:23
them to grow out and get
3:27
bigger so let's give them a trim back
3:31
so that is all them potted up nicely and
3:35
trimmed back so hopefully keep them
3:38
watered and keep them alive through the
3:40
winter period fingers crossed it stays
3:42
warm enough in here for them to stay
3:44
alive but we'll see like I said nothing
3:47
lost if if they do die because they're
3:50
all free Plants but yeah that would save
3:52
me a fortune in buying all them if they
3:55
do take so let's give them a good water
3:57
and get them settled in
4:00
I hope You' enjoyed today's video I hope
4:02
you've learned something new and if
4:05
you've got some Salvia why not try
4:06
taking some cuttings yourself as like I
4:09
said it's the first time I've done it
4:10
and they've done really well really
4:12
surprising how easy is actually to do it
4:15
from Salvia and if you've not seen my
4:18
other video go and find it Salvia
4:20
cuttings and you'll see how I did it so
4:23
yeah make sure you do give us a follow
4:25
make sure you give us a like and leave a
4:26
comment below let me know if you've
4:28
taken any Salvia cut as well I always
4:30
love to hear from everybody so until
4:33
next time everyone remember keep smiling
4:35
keep shining and keep gardening with B
4:37
everyone
Hobbies & Leisure
Home & Garden
Home & Garden