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Flavorful and aromatic culinary sage is easy enough to grow in pots or in the ground, but is sage a perennial that will survive winter and regrow in spring? If the conditions are right, the answer is yes.
But sage is a hardy perennial, so don’t toss it in the compost at the end of the growing season! This is an herb that you can harvest almost year-round. In this article, I’m going to share some tips for planting sage, as well as advice on how to overwinter and prune your sage plant.
Sage is a hardy perennial with pretty, grayish-green leaves that are as good in a perennial border as they are in a vegetable garden. It grows spikes of spring flowers in different colors, including purple, blue, white, and pink.
Perennial salvias (aka sage) are heat-loving, deer-resistant plants that thrive from midsummer through fall. The bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds can’t resist them! Learn how to grow, cut back, and care for salvia flowers.
Naturally, a sage is considered a perennial that grows back year after year each spring, especially if you are around zones 5 to 8. However, if you live around cones 9 and further south, you consider sage as annual. But there's more to it, which we'll discuss in this article! What Is A Sage?
Sage is a perennial, returning each year, but it also can be kept as an annual or overwintered indoors outside of its growing zones.
Sage is a tough Mediterranean perennial as long as it has well-drained soil; too much moisture will cause it to rot. Once established, sage is tolerant of droughts. However, supplemental watering prevents foliage from becoming tough and bitter if you plan to harvest sage flowers or leaves to eat.
Salvia officinalis is an aromatic, rather woody perennial shrub in the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to the shores of the northern Mediterranean. Its common names include culinary sage, common garden sage, or garden sage. The word “sage” has come to mean “wise” or “a wise or learned person.”
What is Hardy Perennial Salvia? Hardy perennial Salvias, also known as Sage, are a diverse group of plants native to a wide variety of habitats, ranging from mountainous regions to semi-arid desert lands across the world.
Autumn sage (Salvia greggii) is a perennial, shrubby salvia plant that blooms with hot pink flowers from summer through early fall. Two popular cultivars are 'Wild Thing', which has pink-hued flowers and is considered a more cold-hardy plant, and 'Raspberry Delight', which has deeper pink blooms.