A Versatile Seasoning Herb

Sage Herb Seed

A Versatile Seasoning Herb

Tops for seasoning poultry, stuffing and sausage
Very attractive and fragrant foliage
Can be trained as a bonsai

This versatile herb can spice up recipes and provide wonderful foliage and aroma to the perennial or herb garden. Sage is a perennial herb that's often used for flavoring poultry, stuffing, sausage, lamb, pork, wild game and many other foods. Its rough-textured, oval, fragrant leaves are very attractive, and sage plants can also provide an ornamental backdrop in flower beds and containers as well as cut and dried flower arrangements. Sage can even be trained as a bonsai. Growing 18-30 in. tall, sage is suitable for growing in a containers.

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Botanical Name: Salvia officinalis
Height: 18 - 30 inches.
Spacing:18 inches apart.
Depth:Cover seeds lightly. Plant potted plant the same level as in the pot.
Spread:18 - 24 inches.
Light Required:Full Sun
Color: Violet-blue, showy flowers.
Size: 100 Seed Pkt
Blooms: Mid Summer
Days To Maturity: 75 Days
Zone: 4-8

Germination: 10 - 21 Days
Form: Herb, Sage
Flower Form: Tall spikes of tiny violet-blue, showy flowers.
Soil Requirements: Well-drained, average garden soil. 6.4 pH soil.
Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate.
Seed Count: Approximately 100 seeds per packet.
Pruning: Harvest as needed. Pinch the growing tips of your Sage plant several times during spring and early summer. This will produce a bushier plant and slow the formation of flower buds.
Foliage: Rough textured, long oval, fragrant leaves of gray-green to yellow-green.