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Description

Bloom Color: Purple. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Salvia officinalis is an evergreen Shrub growing to 0.6 m by 0.6 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. It is in leaf all year, in flower from June to August, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Bees.
Suitable for: light and medium soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: neutral and basic soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.

Cultivation

Landscape Uses:Border, Container, Massing, Rock garden, Seashore, Specimen. Requires a very well-drained light sandy soil in a sunny position. Prefers a calcareous soil. Dislikes heavy or acid soils. Succeeds in dry soils, tolerating drought once it is established. Sage can be killed by excessive winter wet and winter-planted bushes often die. A very ornamental plant, sage is commonly grown in the herb garden for culinary and medicinal purposes. There are some named varieties. 'Albiflora' is said to be the best culinary sage. 'Purpurea' has tougher leaves than the type and makes a better tooth cleaner. Plants need to be trimmed in late spring in order to keep them compact. They tend to degenerate after a few years and are best replaced after about 4 years. The leaves emit a unique pungent aroma when pressed. A good companion for many plants, including rosemary, cabbages and carrots, the growing plant is said to repel insects. It is inhibited by wormwood growing nearby and dislikes growing with basil, rue or the cucumber and squash family. Special Features:Attractive foliage, Edible, Fragrant foliage, Not North American native, Suitable for cut flowers. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 8 through 5. .
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 to 12 .
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is multistemmed with multiple stems from the crown . An evergreen. The root pattern is a heart root, dividing from the crown into several primary roots going down and out .

HabitatsDry banks and stony places
Habitatsusually in limestone areas and often where there is very little soil.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Sunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsGround Cover
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsWoodland Garden Sunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsGround Cover
HabitatsCultivated Beds

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