Non flowering salvia

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I have recently planted a border. Garden is north facing but gets sun through the day. I have planted some salvias and they looked lovely until the flowers went to seed. I chopped them down to the next set of leaves hoping they would flower again but no such luck. Did I wait too long after they went to seed?

is it because they are young and only flower once in the first year or should I have not cut them back? Or do I need patience as it has been hotter than the sun here.

I can’t remember the exact type but they are the spiky type not the floaty type if that makes any sense at all!

Thanks for any thoughts.

I expect you just need to be more patient. Salvias are late summer flowers and some of mine are only just starting to flower but will go on until the first frost.

A flowering plant's sole reason for survival is to produce seed. Once they've done that they either die or stop flowering that year. You waited until the plant had already gone to seed before pruning that bit off, so maybe it thinks it's job is done for the year.

Perhaps give it some tomato feed. That is good for all flowering & fruiting plants, not just tomatoes.

Thanks both, I have just had close look and it looks like there a couple of new flowers but I think perhaps I did wait too long to prune them.

I need a gardener to come and tell me what and when to do everything!