Re: Russian Sage
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  • Subject: Re: Russian Sage
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 19:27:30 +0000 (UTC)
I live in a very humid area and grow sage. What I have found in growing
the twiggy herbs here is that they need gravel in the soil. I plant them
in chicken grit which allows for drainage around the top part of the
roots so there is less root rot. They also need to be pruned like a
donut to let plenty of air circulate.


B 
ETN Zone 7 
Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 1:30:45 PM 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Russian Sage 

My neighbors has been there for a few years... grows fine here in zone 5 
(south of Chicago so we have about the same humidity here) 

Donna 

--- On Tue, 7/5/11, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote: 


From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Russian Sage 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 12:05 PM 


Ahhh..thanks Jim. I live in zone 6, and we have more humidity than 
Austin/San Antonio...but the guy I bought it from said it was very hardy in 
Oklahoma, could make it through a winter here. He said they look better if 
I keep them trimmed down in early spring before new growth hit. Makes them 
fuller. 



On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:53 AM, James Singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote: 

> Never had much success with sage myself. Dave's Garden says it's propagated 
> by 
> softwood cuttings or seeds. JL Hudson, among others, sells the seeds, but 
> ya 
> gotta know the botanical name (Perovskia atriplicifolia) to find it in the 
> catalog. 
> 
> Inland Jim 
> Willamette Valley 
> Pacific Northwet 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 5, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Jesse Bell wrote: 
> 
> > I was in San Antonio this weekend and kept seeing this purple "shrub" 
> type 
> > plant. Loved it. Just happened to see a little plant vendor on the 
> corner 
> > that had some. I had no idea what it was...just like it. He called it 
> > Russian Sage. It has the sage "gray/green" leaf...and tons of tiny 
> purple 
> > flowers all over it. 
> > Question for the group...where can I find more of this? I love it!!! 
> > Wonder if it can be propagate...or if I have to start from seed.... 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jesse R. Bell 
> > 
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