Sage

Plant family

Mint family (Lamiaceae)

Season Overview

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Dry

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Light germinator

Plant distance

30 cm

Row spacing

30 cm

Seeding depth

0.5 cm

Instructions

End of March

Propagating

Description

Sage is a small, expansive shrub from the labiates family. The conditionally hardy plant forms deep roots and prefers a very sunny location with well-drained, rather dry soil.

Growing tips

If you cut sage back a little in spring, you will ensure that new shoots grow vigorously. The aroma of the leaves is strongest shortly before flowering, so this is the best time for larger harvests, e.g. for drying. Individual leaves are harvested. Branches bent down form roots on contact with the ground. The rooted shoots can be cut off and planted. This makes sage easy to propagate.