Salvia officinalis, Garden sage - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Garden sage, Common sage, Sage

Botanical name & synonyms: Salvia officinalis, Salvia cretica, Salvia hispanica, Salvia minor, Salvia digyna, Salvia chromatica, Salvia grandiflora, Salvia papillosa, Oboskon cretica, Salvia clusii, Salvia tricolor

Family: Mint, deadnettle (Lamiaceae, Labiatae)

• native to the Mediterranean region
  

• 20 to 80cm
  

• perennial, evergreen
  

• flower VI to VII
  

• for bees and butterflies
  

• medicinal plant, spice & aromatic herb
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 7,5 gram
  

Sow seed at 20ºC (68ºF), germinates in less than two weeks.