I saw a page on the internet that showed starting sage plants, in water, from cuttings. So I took some sage cuttings. Also I took another batch of forsythia cuttings to start in water too, like I did last year.
Cuttings -
I cleaned up the bottom stem portions of the sage cuttings. Then they all went into jars of water in an East facing window.
They say that it's best to start cuttings in potting soil and use rooting hormone. These are what gardeners of the previous generations referred to as "slips". Not everything can be started that way, but some can. That is part of grandparent and great grandparent and further back garden lore. Last year when I started forsythias, the water method actually worked better, with more success, faster, bigger plants, and less trouble, compared to using seed starting medium. If it doesn't work, well, the cost was free and it wasn't that much effort.
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