Diviner's Sage, Salvia divinorum growing information. Otherwise, all orders received after September 15 will be for summer 2001 plants. Our plants are available April 25 to September 15 each year. The sacred diviner's sage is one of the world's rarest cultivated plants, not found growing in the wild, and prior to 1962, was only known from Southern Mexico, cultivated in remote ravines by Mazatec Indians who have been growing it since pre-Columbian times.
Stems are winged, woody at base and succulent above.
The plant is propagated from cuttings as it rarely flowers and in the 27 years of our propagation, our plants have never produced seed. Cutting root readily in water and can be taken from the offshoots that grow from the roots. It is best to never cut your main shoot , otherwise the plant's growth will stop for a while. Always water with distilled water, as minerals in tap water will case the leaf margins to turn black. Plants like to be fed monthly with fish emulsion or other fertilizers, but only during the growing season, and leaves will turn a beautiful dark green satin with a shine when properly fed.