Hope you all enjoyed this one :) The next in the series will look at me moving my Half-Hardy potted plants indoors from my own little garden area which will be out next Monday
Wish I had learnt this before our 2024 Australian winter as I had bought and planted a Salvia farinacea, sold as Cathedral Bells in Spring 2023 from a hardware chain store nursery and it didn’t survive the winter as the area gets frosts, and temperatures of -6C. I did manage to get some little cuttings and propagating them now as the spires are gorgeous.
Greetings from zone 5b New Hampshire, USA. Thank you for this great information. I love to overwinter tender annuals and bulbs in my unheated garage. Great reminder about not overwatering as well as covering with fleece. 🥰🪷
I’ve lost the labels on most of my salvias so not sure which I should lift! I’ve taken cuttings on some just in case. Good video on trimming back though, thank you.
I love to tidy my salvia too but we still have hammingbird moths and carpenter bees in the garden so I will not cut them until there are no flowers at all. We live in SW France.
Great video as usual is S.farinacea a borderline hardy salvia like S.Amistad and S.Involucrata (my new favourite)? So ok outside if we have a mild winter like 23/24 but wouldn’t cope with long periods below freezing? I find in south UK that Amistad goes through the winter if mild, flowers later (August ->) but produces a really strong plant! Thank you
I live in Maine was zone 4 now they’re saying we are 5a. But I’m not sure about that. Can I do this with my annual salvia and put in unheated garage for the winter? Ann have it come back in spring?
The heading talks of overwintering Gaura as well. Which has a different structure to Salvia. But you don't actually show this being done. Accept the principles are similar
Hope you all enjoyed this one :)
The next in the series will look at me moving my Half-Hardy potted plants indoors from my own little garden area which will be out next Monday
Thanks Rosy, love your videos.
Thank you for making your zone easy for us to find.
No problem 👍
Wish I had learnt this before our 2024 Australian winter as I had bought and planted a Salvia farinacea, sold as Cathedral Bells in Spring 2023 from a hardware chain store nursery and it didn’t survive the winter as the area gets frosts, and temperatures of -6C. I did manage to get some little cuttings and propagating them now as the spires are gorgeous.
Your videos are really helpful, many thanks! 🥰
Very useful video.Thank you, Rosy.
Really useful - thank you! 😊
So helpful Rosie, thank you. Especially about using canes to hold the fleece abobe the foliage. 😊
Greetings from zone 5b New Hampshire, USA. Thank you for this great information. I love to overwinter tender annuals and bulbs in my unheated garage. Great reminder about not overwatering as well as covering with fleece. 🥰🪷
Love all your videos….so informative!
I’ve lost the labels on most of my salvias so not sure which I should lift! I’ve taken cuttings on some just in case. Good video on trimming back though, thank you.
Helpful 👍
So helpful, as always. Thank you.
Thank you forshowing ushow to prune them.
I have a Salvia who has a wooden stem, about 50 cm.high.
Can I prune in the wooden stem ?
I love to tidy my salvia too but we still have hammingbird moths and carpenter bees in the garden so I will not cut them until there are no flowers at all. We live in SW France.
That sounds good. This is just a reminder. But yes if still good flower for the birds and insects then leave.
How do you know which plants need, like, or can tolerate heavy pruning like a
Ths is brilliant! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Wonderful information, thank you. Would you dig up Bidens ‘Hannah’s Lemon drop’ to overwinter it, or just reduce it by half?
great!
Great video as usual is S.farinacea a borderline hardy salvia like S.Amistad and S.Involucrata (my new favourite)? So ok outside if we have a mild winter like 23/24 but wouldn’t cope with long periods below freezing? I find in south UK that Amistad goes through the winter if mild, flowers later (August ->) but produces a really strong plant!
Thank you
Yes it is borderline. Some protection from wet and real freezing is required
Should I cut back to the ground my salvia I live in 3b. The tag says it was 4? I have mulched my salvias.
I live in Maine was zone 4 now they’re saying we are 5a. But I’m not sure about that. Can I do this with my annual salvia and put in unheated garage for the winter? Ann have it come back in spring?
If you mean a true Annual then it only lives for 1 season. If you mean a half hardy then they will survive and grow next year.
I am in 8a, can half hardy salvias be overwintered in un-heated garage without windows?
With the blue Salvia (Black and Bloom?) you cut out all the flower heads which are still in flower??
You can leave them a little longer if you wish to but it doesnt harm the plant to cut it back at this time if it still has flower on it
I have two big red lips still blooming
Shame to cut them back
Other colors are always dead after winter
Zone 7
Same here! I have a white lavender thats its blooming its socks off🙈
Leave it for awhile but if you leave the plant too big it does not help it overwintering
I always thought Geums were hardy except Lady Stratheden which rots in winter
They are, error on my part - Rosy's son who uploaded this - its meant to say Gaura. Sorry for any confusion, i've amended it
Remind me not to have you cut my hair 😂
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The heading talks of overwintering Gaura as well. Which has a different structure to Salvia. But you don't actually show this being done. Accept the principles are similar
ua-cam.com/video/d_RCCQNdU3U/v-deo.html - Gaura shown here if you are looking for that specifically. You do essentially the same for both