Garden Sage – 20 Seeds

Garden Sage seeds. Garden Sage (Salvia officinalis) is an aromatic perennial with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. Common names include culinary sage, common garden sage, or garden sage. Sage is often mentioned as the herb of immortality, domestic virtue, health, and wisdom. Sage was a sacred ceremonial herb of the Romans. It has a long history of medicinal and culinary use, and in modern times as an ornamental garden plant.

Garden Sage Culinary Uses

Sage is a very popular as a culinary herb and can be used in many way, such as

• Put some leaves into pesto with other herbs.
• Add to egg dishes.
• Add to potato dishes.
• Add sage to sausage.
• Add sage to bean dishes.
• Infuse honey with sage.
• Use with parsley, rosemary and thyme in chicken risotti and soups.
• Add along with fresh parsley, basil, thyme, and rosemary to tomato sauces.
• Deep-fry the leaves and serve as an appetizer, or use as a garnish for poultry, meat dishes, or pasta.

Garden Sage Medicinal Benefits

• Helps with digestive problems, including loss of appetite, gas , stomach pain (gastritis), diarrhea, bloating, and heartburn.
• Age-related cognitive decline – It is also used to improve mental performance and memory, to reduce pain after surgery, for Alzheimer’s disease, and to prevent lung cancer.
• It is used for reducing overproduction of perspiration and saliva.
• Helps with depression, diabetes, high cholesterol, and a condition in which there is too little blood flow to the brain (cerebral ischemia).
• Women can use sage for painful menstrual periods, to correct excessive milk flow during nursing, and to reduce hot flashes during menopause.
• Sage is also used by men to reduce hot flashes during certain treatments for prostate cancer called androgen deprivation therapy.
• Sore throat – Gargling with sage tea has long been used as a remedy for sore throat and coughs.
• Sage is applied directly to the mouth or throat for cold sores, gum disease (gingivitis), sore mouth, throat, or tongue, swollen, painful nasal passages, and swollen tonsils. It is also applied to the skin after sun exposure to prevent sunburn.

Growing Garden Sage

• Start Garden Sage seeds 6-8 weeks before the last frost.
• Sow 2-3 seeds 1/4inch deep in individual containers, thinning to one plant per container after germination.
• Transplant outside after the last frost, spacing 12inch apart, in rows 18inch apart.
• Direct seed: Sow in spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Plant seeds 1/4inch deep, 1 seed every 1-2inch. Thin to 6-12inch apart.
• Will grow in most soils with good drainage and a fair amount of nitrogen. Good drainage is essential.