Pruning Salvia 'Clotted Cream'

Hello I've had a read - Salvia 'clotted Cream' which is a cultivar of Salvia greggii - when am I best to prune and how hard? Spring, but take some height down soon in autumn? The stems are pretty long.

My perennials are usually taken right down but I seem to gather it doesn't like that?

Thank you

 

Hi

I grow several varieties of hardy salvia. They all grow in the borders but I do take cuttings just in case we have a bad winter and kept in the greenhouse, easy to take.

I reduce in size by half and then use a thick bark mulch around the root area which helps to protect the roots as if the top growth gets damaged by the winter it will hopefully reshoot from the base of the plants.

Spruce

 

I had S. Clotted Cream for many years.
I done much the same as @Spruce suggests when I saw new growth sprouting on the stems in spring after the worst of the frosts have passed.
There were usually lots of straggly twiggy bits that I'd cut out at the same time.

 

I agree, just reduce the long bits and cut it back by no more than half. I don't know whereabouts you live, but I wouldn't cut it back again until mid April at the very earliest, May might be better.

Clotted cream seems to be one of the tougher varieties, but of course it all depends on the Winter weather we have .

 

Thank you all. That's what I'll do