On 9/2/13 6:52 PM, courierdude wrote:

hi all

i am having to move some plants to allow builders access to an out
building and have to move a lot of plants.

i have a mexican salvia that is about 2 and half metres right now and
still growing taller and i am wondering if it is ok to lift the plant
and its tubers/rhizomes(?) while they are still growing or will this
damage them as they normally are left to die down as i believe this is
where the stored enrgy comes from to produce next years growth..?

clearly i dont know what i am talking about but would like to know even
if they were chopped down that they would be ok for next year?

thanks

Salvias do not have tubers or rhizomes. They merely have roots.

Perennial and shrub salvias -- including both S. leucantha (Mexican bush
sage) and S. mexicana (Mexican sage) -- can easily be propagated by
rooting cuttings. I suggest you take several cuttings right now and try
to root them. Then when your construction project is done, replace the
old plant (if it survives) with the new plants.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary