History of the Sage. Sage in the Ancient Egypt. The oldest known records of the healing properties of sage take us back more than years. Sage in Antics. Sage throughout the Middle Ages. Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto? Sage healing properties. Learn more. Everywhere Pages Posts Products. Buy our products. Explore some applications. Read answers to FAQ.
Contact us at info salvia. Explore additional content. It is not currently on any list as being at risk for endangerment, and different cultures have different rituals for smoke cleansing. But does anyone have the right to practice smudging? There is no correct answer. Every indigenous family and culture has their own opinion.
Unless all indigenous peoples worldwide sit down and have a meeting on this topic and decide on a single answer, there will never be one correct answer to non-indigenous being able to practice smudging. We do not live on momma Gaia. His daughter put in a sprig of white sage. Thank you for explaining its meaning. Can we grow white sage in the U. Text us!
Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart and divide every couple of years to rejuvenate the plants. Seedling sage plants. Sage is easy to start from seed although most named varieties are not available as seed and it can also be reproduced by layering, by division, or from stem cuttings. To grow from seed, either plant directly in the ground on the average date of last frost or start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before then.
Either way the plant may not flower the first year. Layer established branches in the spring and fall, or divide large plants in the spring. Take softwood stem cuttings in summer and root in a sand-peat mixture. Sage takes 75 days from planting to first harvest. Harvest before the plant flowers. Sage has few pests when grown in well-drained soil. Good air circulation will reduce potential problems with foliar diseases. Some possible problems include slugs, spider mites, spittle bugs, root rot and wilt.
Some sage cultivars. There are many different cultivars of sage which differ in leaf size, plant habit and leaf color. The purple or golden varieties make delightful ornamental houseplants. Some of the more commonly offered varieties include:. Besides these cultivars, there are many other closely related species of sage that can be used as herbs. Clary sage S. There are about varieties of sage, including regular garden sage and flavored and scented types like pineapple sage.
Regular garden sage has gray-green leaves that are covered with a silvery down. There are some varieties with leaves that are lighter green or even variegated green and yellow.
The plant resembles mint, with a square, silvery stem and lance-shaped leaves. It grows to about 1 or 2 feet high and bushes out slightly. It will produce blue to purple flowers on top of the leaf stem, which should be removed before or right after blooming to encourage more growth. Most sage varieties are native to the Mediterranean and Asia Minor. Sage migrated to Central Europe during the Middle Ages, and it appears in an inventory of herbs grown in Charlemagne's gardens in France around the year of Immigrants from Europe brought it to America.
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