How to Care for Floppy Russian Sage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Do you have floppy Russian sage that is driving you crazy thinking about how to care for it? Should you cut it back, transplant it or stake it? Catherine Moravec, Horticulturist with Colorado Yard Care, describes why Russian sage flops in the first place. Then, she covers the best approaches to ensure your Russian sage stays upright all season.
Amazing! Thank you! I am not sure if I have a sunny enough spot for my Russian sage, but I will at at least try getting it to a happier place and see how it does
Thank you so much! I was trying to find out what to do with our monster of a sage. I pruned it for the first time in the spring, and it has taken over and has sprawled flat. Definitely the category of rain in the Springs this summer and our lawn sprinkler.
Very informative video, that explained why my Russian Sage grows vigorously at the beginning, but horizontally later every year. Thank you very much Catherine!
Ooooooooooooh! I've been asking everyone for years, and no one could answer my question. Thank you!! I've been overwatering!
Thanks for the video! My Russian Sage is getting watered by drip line three times a week. It's gigantic now (encroached all on my decorative horse hair grasses) and flopping down in the middle. I'm going to cap off the drip line and trim that bad boy back this fall/winter. I didn't realize it need to be trimmed. It looks terrible now but thankfully fall is just around the corner. I hope it will look better next summer. Thanks again!
This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you so much for being so thorough. I was so confused as to why my beautiful Russian Sage perished. I had it planted under the eve of my home, directly next to a downspout! WHAT?!?! Thank you.
omfg LITERALLY me too lol I guess I need to move it! x'D
Lavender needs dry, sunny locations too. Thanks for this info.
Great information, thanks! Also excited to try propagating mine in the Spring! I love Russian sage!
Very informative, thanks for sharing
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Brilliant, presentation ,and so useful ! Thank you !
This is a great video with excellent content, thank you!
Thanks for the info! I have this plant and it’s flourishing.
Scary to cut down to ground, but it works, great way to control a unrully older sage.
The Chelsea Chop, named after The RHS flower show organisers. A Chelsea Chop is cutting hard back. You often get a second flush with certain flowers. English humour. Ha yah!
Thank you for solving my problem
Really good scientific information. Thanks!
BEST video EVER!!! Thank you!!!!
Catherine Moravec I was wondering if you think it is OK to plant Russian Sage in a box. I wanted to plant it on the balcony, which is full sun.
This is what I’m currently trying to do.
perfect information!! thank you
Thanks for this great video!! I have a sage that is getting plenty of sun and in a very hot dry spot. It is loaded with blooms but flopped in the middle. As it is nearly July here, can I cut it back now or just wait till fall? At this point I have opted to run some gardening string around it and tied it all up. Looks better but not sure it is good for it to gather and tie into a central heap.
Great video this was very helpful!
Great help, thank you!
That's so helpful thank you!
I was going to purchase this beautiful plant, but I live in Tampa Florida. It is too humid for this beautiful plant.😞😞😞😞
@@venusrutledge8175 thank you, Love.
Can I cut the floppy pieces mid-summer (august)? My Russian Sage was growing under large Joe Pye Weed and not getting enough sun. I removed the JPW but the RS looks tertible. I'd like to cut down the floppy stems. Today is August 1st. Looks terrible, not sure I can wait til fall...
I've cut back Russian sage in the hot summer and not had a problem even though it's not the recommended time.
@@nspector Did it re-bloom in late summer? Or did you have to wait until the next year?
@@sjholland310 Hi, it did rebloom. Or, more like kept blooming from lower down on the stalks.
Hello, thank you for the information. So essentially you can prune these the same as you would with tall grass plants?
Also I have an elm tree in my front yard that is not going to have all the space it will need to grow 30 years from now. I want to try and top the tree while it’s young hopefully keep it in the 20-25 foot range of possible. Do you have any suggestions on when I could start the pruning process? Also I might add I like in Thornton, CO.
I would never consider topping a tree, it will never grow back the same... It will instead send out hundreds of weak long branches that will grow lots of leaves, so that the wounded tree can try to photosynthesize again and keep itself alive... Perhaps you planted the tree that grows really big in the wrong spot??? It is impossible to control the growth of trees that grow really big without ruining their natural shape and the entire tree forever. Yes, it will still try to grow to keep itself alive, but it will totally lose all the natural growth it had before you removed it...
Good luck with this...
Does this also apply to Mexican Sage?
good vid very informative
TYYY!!
Hi can the water damage do the same thing to lavender? Can I cut it back now it's late August ?
Yes, too much water will do similar to lavender. I know this was over a year ago, but: Although books say to cut back lavender and Russian sage, and lots of other things, in the late fall or early spring, I've never had a problem cutting things back when it's hot, like in August.
I prefer to cut back my lavender in the winter when it goes dormant... You have to keep up on it faithfully, or it will start getting very woody and will not react to pruning as well... When I cut it down to almost the ground in winter and put some plant food in the ground around all of them, they come out next year with a huge amount of those beautiful purple lavender flowers, that attract hundreds of honey bees from miles away... This is the reason I try to plant things with flowers so that all the honey bees, wasps, etc., that like to get their pollen can have food for their hives populations...
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This is a great informative video. But your examples of it being too shaded and getting too much water are of the same plant, just from different angles. Please just say that 😊
This was a short video made long because of you constantly repeating yourself. Sheesh.