Beginner Gardening: Mexican Sage, 1 by frogsrus

frogsrus wrote:
Hi Doc, welcome to Dave's. Hack them back!! You can be pretty brutal. They are a large plant, especially if watered lol. They will get fuller each year as more new growth comes from the rootball. I cut mine pretty close to the ground. You can almost watch them grow back. I yank the new growth around the base if the plant that is beyond the border of where I want the plant to go. I do not know what you mean by compact. All of mine are near 6 feet tall.

This one was also planted in May. I do have one that gets almost no water that is a mere 4' tall.