What it is
Garden Sage (Salvia officinalis) is in the Lamiaceae (Mint) family. A soft gray-leaved perennial for stuffing, sausage, and tea. Cut it back to keep it from getting woody.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it low, and give it lean, well-drained soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.0. Space plants about 18–24 in apart. Expect roughly 75. Hardy perennial.
How it's used
Garden Sage is used: fresh, dried, fried, tea.
🔎 How to identify it
- Fuzzy gray-green pebbled leaves
- Square woody stems
- Purple flower spikes
Edibility
PartsLeaves
UsesFresh, dried, fried, tea
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.