Sage

Clary Sage

Name: Sage Sauge Sclarée
SKU: F0264
Price: 3.4 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Ref : F0264 - Salvia sclarea

Bag of 30 seeds

This melliferous species, with its violet and white flowers, has highly aromatic bluish-gray foliage that can be eaten fresh or dried for its medicinal virtues, or used to flavor all kinds of culinary preparations.

This species has medicinal properties similar to those of sage officinale. It is mainly used as an essential oil.

Culture
Features
Origin
Use

Sowing :

in bucket, in the ground

Seeding advice :

Sow in pots or nursery at 18°C minimum. Cover seeds and keep moist. Transplant after the last frosts, when plants have 4 to 5 leaves, 50 cm apart in all directions. For direct sowing, wait for the soil to warm up. Thin to 50 cm in all directions.

Culture Council :

Seed germination can sometimes take a long time.

Sowing period (under cover) :

March, April, May

Sowing period (outdoors) :

May, June, July

Harvest period :

April, May, June, July, August, September, October

Culture :

in the ground, in pot

Exhibition :

sunny

Water requirements :

low

Soil type :

all floor types

Soil quality :

drained, sec, light, rich

Latin name :

Salvia sclarea

Precocity :

mid-season

Bag capacity :

30 seeds

Color :

White

Flower characteristics :

fragrance, edible

Plant pruning :

From 100 to 150 cm

Foliage :

serrated

Historical origin of the variety :

Eurasia

Usage :

This species has medicinal properties similar to those of sage officinale. It is mainly used as an essential oil.