Re: Russian Sage
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  • Subject: Re: Russian Sage
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:00:40 -0500
yep High Country Gardens carries it.  just plant it where your periodic
deluges won't drown it.  I lost mine that month (long ago) we had 25" of
rain in 4 weeks.  and that at the end of a 2 1/2 year drought.  lot of stuff
croaked that year.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:

> Good to know Bonnie.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:27 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net
> >wrote:
>
> > 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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