I always root a lot of salvias in water also...I root many different plants in water. Since moving to the far northwest corner of California, even farther north than kermit...lol..we get about 60-70 inches of rain in a 'normal' year, though with the drought, last year was only about 35 inches...what do you get there, kermit? 40 inches, or more than that? Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the various salvias handle that. My salvias in SoCal were in Heaven, no frost and the climate suited them. I'm basically starting over with the salvias and agastaches and it will all be rather experimental. I'm getting some few plants into the ground late and don't know how they will handle the rain, hoping to get seed from s. rhinosa, s. azurea. s. transyllvanica, s. atrocyanea, s. forskaohlei before the rains hit. I have a large s. elegans / pineapple in a quite large pot and it will stay in that through winter...but I will take cuttings today and root in water in the house. I have a neighbor who has LARGE wooden planting boxes, we're talking 4'x4' and about 3' tall and they're filled with s. elegans that make it through the Winter just fine. I'm in Crescent City which is not exactly Banana Belt, but 20 miles north is...so our weather can vary. Last Winter was exceptionally cold for our location, so we will see what this Winter brings and I will learn which salvias and agastaches can stand a bit of 'drowning'. The soil on our property is mostly quite well drained, so that will help. All in all to say "try rooting in water"...fresh water every day with a drop or two of hydrogen peroxide in it...even when I was doing a lot of rooting in the regular fashion, I would when in a hurry, take quick cuttings here and there and put them in water in the kitchen.
