Rooting Purple Sage Stem Cuttings

摘要

Rooting of semihardwood cuttings of purple sage Salvia dorrii with and without mist, bottom heat, root inducing substance (naphthalene-acetic acid/indolebutyric acid (NAA/BA)), and fungicides (dichlone and captan) was evaluated. More than 75 percent of the NAA/IBA-dichlone treated cuttings rooted when placed in unheated rooting benches. Available rooting techniques for purple sage should make commercial propagation possible once quality cutting stock is developed.