The invention provides a cultivation method for a salidroside-containing plant. The method comprises the following steps: spraying hydroxyphenethyl alcohol to growing plant leaves; harvesting the growing plant leaves to obtain the salidroside-containing plant. According to the method provided by the invention, the steps are simple; the synthetic precursor, namely the hydroxyphenethyl alcohol, of the salidroside-containing plant is directly supplied by outside, and the salidroside is synthesized in a plant body by taking uridine diphosphate glucose and glucosyltransferase which are contained in the plant as raw materials. The invention further provides the application of the salidroside-containing plant.