Sage

  • Product number: 359005
  • Origin: Mediterranean region
  • Latin: Salvia officinalis

Sage has become a very well-known sight in the kitchen. This extra ornamental variety has purplish-grey leaves with beautiful blue labiate flowers, which are very popular with bees. The plants have a wonderful fragrance, wonderfully fragrant plants are perennial and hardy. Young leaves and the flowers can be eaten raw: delicious in salads. Sage is widely used in sauces, with meat and fish, in sage cookies and sage flour. A medicinal tea can be made from it for, for example, inflamed gums (rinse and spit out), many other medicinal applications on the pfaf website, among others. Speaking of teeth: you can brush your teeth very well with the older leaves!

Denominations:
Latin: Salvia officinalis
Dutch: Salie
English: Sage

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Sowing method: May-July, cover with a thin layer of soil. Optimal germination temperature 20° C. Cover the sown seeds with (fleece) cloth to prevent drying out. Move to a cooler place after emergence. Most will germinate quickly, but some may emerge later.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • May
  • June
  • July

Harvesting time:

  • August
  • September
  • October

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Partial shade
  • Flower colour: Blue labiate flowers
  • Origin: Mediterranean region
  • Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Perennial
  • Attractive to insects: Bees
  • Winter hardy: Forst hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Easy
  • Latin: Salvia officinalis
  • Dutch: Sage
  • Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
  • English: Sage
  • All year round

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