Re: Decorative Perennial Herbs

> Thanks for the info, Grace.  Jaime, your seed just arrived.  Thank you very
> much.  Is the Clary Sage like the Russian Sage?  I will save those for next
> spring (already planning).  If I refrigerate the Rose Campion now, can I put
> them in the ground this year????

Oh.  I tossed some of the Clary Sage in because it is one of my 
favorite (almost perennial :) herbs to use in the perennial 
garden.  No, it isn't at all like Russian Sage.  Russian sage is 
Perovskia atriplifolia.  Clary sage is Saliva sclarea.  Clary 
sage does have culinary & medicinal uses as well as being used 
to flavor Rhine wine and as in soaps, cosmetics and perfumes.  
Perovskia isn't an herb no matter how broad a definition one 
uses.

Where P. atriplifolia is silvery it is open, light & airy with 
long, slim stems.  S. sclarea has very large, hairy, silvery 
leaves borne in a good-sized rosette it's first year.  In the 
second year it sends up tall, thick stalks with rosy saliva-like 
blossoms.  It is like a giant salvia.  The silver & rose color 
are dramatic and attractive.

Re:  planting time for the Lychnis.  What you don't want to do 
is get them caught insufficiently developed to survive the 
winter.  Given your Massachusetts location, I'd not plant the 
seed now.  However, you could plant in late fall in a cold 
frame.  That would take care of the stratification and still 
give them an early, protected start for next season.
I'd like to hear others' comments on this.

Jaime

jknoble@warwick.net
Z6/5, NW NJ
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