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Sage Plant - Description
- Potted Sage Plant
- Culinary Variety
- Salvia Officinalis
- Herbal Plant
- Evergreen Foliage
- Potted Plant
- Current Size: 30-40cm
- Pot Size:14cm
Sage Plant - Characteristics
- Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
- Habit: Mound forming
- Woody, evergreen sub shrub
- Greyish-green foliage, Pubescent
- Fully Grown Size: 50cm spread
- Moderate growth rate
- Foliage: Aromatic & evergreen foliage
- Sow: All year round
- Hardiness: Fully hardy
Sage Plant - Uses
- Both ornamental & culinary uses
- Add to tomato sauces & stuffings
- Sage has medicinal benefits
- Benefits include
- Preventing digestive problems
- Easing stomach pain, diarrhea, bloating, and heartburn
- Reduces sweating
- Said to improve mental performance & memory
- Women use sage for painful periods
- Said to sooth sore throats & can be applied to cold sores
- Apply to skin after sunburn
Sage Plant - Planting Instructions
- Ensure soil is moist before planting
- Prefers full sun
- Can be grown indoors in pots or directly outside
- Ideal for a kitchen garden or raised bed
- Grow in fertile soils
- Spacing: 50cm apart
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Firm in well
- Water again after planting
- Benefits from a hard prune every few years to prevent plants getting leggy
- Clumps can be divided to propagate new plants
