Re: Salvia elegans-pineapple sage

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• To: perennials@mallorn.com
• Subject: Re: Salvia elegans-pineapple sage
• From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
• Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 07:01:22 -0700
• References: <3.0.32.19971014054025.00bb3250@pophost.micron.net>

At 09:41 AM 10/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Margaret:
>    Awhile back you wrote about Salvia elegans, pineapple sage.  My
>plant is now in bloom.  What wonderful pineapple scented fragrance.
>What's the length of bloom period?
>    While you can depend upon correct labels from herb sources such as
>Nichols and Loggees, I have a plant from another source with a garden
>center type label that reads, variegated pineapple sage, tender
>perennial.  The green with while variegation on the crinkled leaf is
>nice but it can't be the same species as Salvia elegans.
>    I've looked in Betsy Clebsch's A Book of Salvias and several herb
>books and can't find the plant.
>Best, Vicki
>
>Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
>
>>  Botanically
>> it's Salvia elegans.
>
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I don't find it in my references either.  What was the source of your
plant?  Have you asked the vendor for the botanical name?  It may be S.
elegans X .....But your description sounds like pineapple mint.  Margaret

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