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Should Sage Be Deadheaded?

Chloe Bennett • • 6 min read
Should Sage Be Deadheaded?

Reasons to Deadhead Salvia
The savvy gardener knows it's essential to deadhead salvia plants to get the most out of them because their flowers tend to dry up and die. Deadheading is simply the process of removing dead flowers from a plant. Doing so encourages plants to grow thicker and makes them look better.

Should I deadhead sage plant?

As your sage plant grows throughout the growing season, deadhead it to keep it producing more leaves. Clip sage blossoms from the sage plant as they dry and fade. Use the pruning shears to remove the blossoms immediately beneath them where they attach to the stems. ... The plant will respond by growing more lateral stems.

Does sage rebloom?

Many perennial Salvias will bloom twice if you do nothing, but if you dead-head them (remove the old, spent flowers) you can get three or even four blooms in a season. The first flush of bloom is the most robust, but the flowering will linger on all season if you give it a proper pruning after the first bloom.

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