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Name: Ford Stinson Bossier City, La (Zone 8b)    fstins1 Feb 29, 2016 6:37 PM CST |
| Hello, This is my first winter growing salvia. I have four or five different varieties. My question is do you cut them back? They look a little ragged. Thanks, Ford zone 8 Thanks Ford |
Name: Marilyn Kentucky (Zone 6a) Laughter is the Best Medicine!             Marilyn Feb 29, 2016 6:58 PM CST |
| Hi @fstins1 Welcome to the Agastache and Salvias forum.  I hope @FBTS chimes in and answers you. If and when I cut salvias back, it is very late spring or later in the season for my zone 6a. For you in zone 8b, I don't know. |
Name: Kermit Carter Elk, California (Zone 9a) Offering 400+ Salvias and counting    FBTS Feb 29, 2016 8:10 PM CST |
| There is no stock answer as each species has different requirements. We have numerous articles and a couple of pruning videos here: http://www.fbts.com/everything... |
Name: Marilyn Kentucky (Zone 6a) Laughter is the Best Medicine! Marilyn Mar 1, 2016 4:39 PM CST |
| Thanks so much for chiming in Kermit! I'm going to read those articles when I have the chance. |
Name: Sondra NE Houston, Texas (Zone 9a)      SALL20 Mar 10, 2016 10:40 AM CST |
| I have never had a problem with cutting back my salvias. I do a nice trim (1/3 to 1/2) in early spring and again in August to prepare for fall bloom. They respond with vigorous new growth. Most of my experience was in my Austin garden, but I have already cut back Hot Lips and Black & Blue here in my new Houston garden and they are doing fine. |
WardDas Mar 10, 2016 11:03 AM CST |
| You wouldn't since you are in zone 9a. Get down to zone 6 or 7 and it becomes an issue. Here in zone 7a I wait until at least the first week in April or even a little later just to be safe. |
Central Kentucky (Zone 6a) aaCharley May 31, 2017 5:32 PM CST |
| I have some Black and Blue Salvia that has overwintered in my yard in Kentucky. It made it through the previous winter, too. I have it as a hummingbird attractor. Small plants are available in the garden shops. Those small plants have quite a bit of bloom on them. All I have is 2 ft. tall very large mass of green leaves from the returning stems which seem very healthy. Should I cut mine back to encourage earlier bloom now or is there some trick to getting the early flower display? Last year I just left them alone and they finally did put out some bloom but it was much later in the summer. |
Name: Marilyn Kentucky (Zone 6a) Laughter is the Best Medicine! Marilyn May 31, 2017 9:24 PM CST |
| @aaCharley Welcome to the Agastache and Salvias forum! I don't know, as I've never had Black and Blue overwinter here, but then I usually have it in containers in my zone 6a yard and they die with the frost/freeze each year. Are yours in the ground and mulched that overwinter? @FBTS would you chime in regarding his question please? Maybe some other members who had it overwinter will chime in also. |
Name: Deborah Michigan (Zone 6a) Gardening in Community Garden sites      dnrevel Oct 30, 2020 5:22 PM CST |
| In this thread, I think the answer is cutting back in the spring, based on my research today, even rather drastically. I just discovered these delightful salvias, including Hot Lips, which I saved from a plow in an annual community garden about 3 weeks ago. Regarding cutting back, spring was recommended by this Irish gardener / business owner via "John Lord's Secret Garden" entitled: How to Look After Salvia 'Hot Lips' and Similar Varieties. He demonstrates cutting back in the spring and repotting: The 5 varieties mentioned in his video: Salvia greggii 'Amethyst Lips', Salvia 'Dyson's Joy', Salvia microphylla 'Blue Monrovia', Salvia x jamensis 'Pink Lips', Salvia 'Hot Lips' It was good to see how much he cut it back (a lot) and when. I imagine his climate is closer to Zone 8 than mine. As I'm in Michigan 6a, I researched salvias a bit as I was making sure I had some softwood cuttings to overwinter along with planting my Hot Lips Salvia in a protected spot surrounded by fennel, and hoping for the best. The link: https://youtu.be/2vA9uQx_5oE Marilyn said:Hi @fstins1 |
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