How to Prune Salvia to Get Continuous Blooms!! Learned this by Accident! My Selective Pruning Method

I bought two Salvia plants at the nursery and what a wonderful plant for all sorts of bees and butterflies. They were similar to yours, but the foliage was darker and all parts of the plant are highly fragrant when crushed. I cut them back like you did, but I made as many cuttings as i could and simply put them in a jar with tap water. In about a month they had produced roots, and I had another 15 plants. I repeated the process, again and again and filled the garden with the plants. What I like most, is the flowering time, all year round just cut them back like you did. In a hot summer a little watering every 2-3 days will keep them going.

Great information on trimming our salvia. I'm 81 years old and am beginning to become very interested in gardening with flowers an bushes...my new hobby. Thank you and bless you.

Great you included the update after two weeks. Exactly what's too often missed these kind of videos. Thanks.

PLUS you can cut off the flowers on the stems you cut off and place the rest of the stems in water and let them root and you will have lots more plants for your yard. Take off the bottom leaves you don't want them in the water leave the ones on top alone.🌵🌵 oops just read that everyone has the same idea suggestion.🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

I was going to add that those cuttings could also be potted for making new plants. Just a bit of rooting powder and moist soil in a clay pot and in a few weeks, new plants to add to your garden. I love propagating as many perennials as possible and usually give them to other family gardeners. Your garden is looking great! Jo from New Zealand 🇳🇿

In the UK we call this the Chelsea chop, this takes place around the end of May when the Chelsea RHS show is on to remind everyone. You can do this method on a lot of different perennials.

I like that you showed various stages and before and after pics, all in one video.

Damn girl you are THEE ONLY person I know of who employs this technique ...its a great idea and I bet it would work on several types of Perennials. Kudos great job!!!! Take a bow innovator.

Great method! I'm definitely going to try this with my salvia.

Your dedication to your garden is truly inspiring! 🌿💪

Greeting's from Ireland, I have eight salvia's in the flower beds and your right the bee's can't get enough of them and there long blooming period is great.

First time I bought a nice salvia from home depot and planted with annual purple plants, its look beautiful. Thank you for your good information about Salvia.😊

I love this way of trimming salvia , Steph, thank you! Great idea!!!

Great info, thank you so much for sharing. I have salvia planted last year and had no idea how to take care of it besides watering. Thank you so much for explaining and showing how to do this. Really helps. The pollinators thank you too

Awesome video! I have 16 salvias that line my garden border and they bloom once and that's it, no more. I'm excited to try your method! Thank you!

Hey Steph, yes, I need to do this now 😊 great timing for me to watch xx I like your idea of cutting back half so I’m going to try that too!!

Thank you for this information. I planted my first Salvia about a month ago. I now know how to keep it blooming. So, thanks so much!

I learned alot from this video-thanks for posting it. I have a few salvia plants in my gardens for the first time this year, and now I know how to cut them back.

Thanks for more great pruning tips. I appreciate the way you teach in a straightforward manner and you explain why you're doing things. Helps me understand the method and makes it easy to remember.

Loved this! I’m a new gardener and this video was super helpful. Thank you!