What it is
Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) is in the Lamiaceae (Mint) family. Pineapple-scented leaves for tea and a blaze of red flowers in fall that hummingbirds can't resist.
How to grow it
It wants full sun to part shade, water it moderate, and give it well-drained soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0-7.0. Space plants about 24 in apart. Expect roughly Cut as needed. Tender perennial.
How it's used
Pineapple Sage is used: tea, garnish; edible flowers.
🔎 How to identify it
- Soft bright-green leaves
- Square stems
- Scarlet tubular fall flowers
Edibility
PartsLeaves and flowers
UsesTea, garnish; edible flowers
CautionNone.
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Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.