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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:21 am Post subject: Does Sage seed? |
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I have this humongous blue sage plant (don't know the genus)
it's about 4 feet tall and I was wondering
if they seed
And no.. for some reason I didn't take a pic of it this year
I was thinking that if it did I would cut off the tops and place them in a large paper bag to dry out and then I would be able to plant some else where/give out seeds to friends
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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If it flowers it should set seed. Let the seeds dry on the plant, you can put a small cotton bag over a couple of the flowers so the seeds fall into the bag and the birds don't get them first.
You can also root stem cuttings.
Did yours look like This?
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| toni wrote: | If it flowers it should set seed. Let the seeds dry on the plant, you can put a small cotton bag over a couple of the flowers so the seeds fall into the bag and the birds don't get them first.
You can also root stem cuttings.
Did yours look like This? |
nope
mine has more compacted flowers that ran down half way (about 2 feet)
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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How about This one?
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closer...
but the blooms are really small
and there are lots of them
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmmm, if yours is a hybridized cultivar it may not grow true from seed anyway.
Since they blooms are tiny you could gently bend one of the stalks over so it hangs down without breaking the stem. Tie a cotton bag or paper lunch size bag over it so the seeds will drop inside the bag. I think most seeds need to dry on the plant to get all the energy they can to sprout next year.
Then next year plant some and see what you get.
Sage can be divided to get more plants too. Then you can give away plants that you know are going to be exactly like the mother plant.
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I've never collected the seed from my Sage plants, but always end up with quite a few new starts each Spring since I don't deadhead 'em. Definitely try saving some and tell us how it goes next year!
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| Sjoerd wrote: | I was just wondering if your plan's flowers looked like this:
This is Salvia Officinalis and the leaves are green with a sort of fuzzy grayish-blue look to them. |
Nope
If I can get a chance I will try to go out and get a pic
it's pretty trodden down from all the rains we had but maybe I can get some of it to stand up
for a snap or two 
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here are a couple of pics
it was really windy so hard to get a "clean"
shot
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Sorry I didn't even think to say it was a Russian Sage I just knew it was called "sage"
So does it still seed?
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I'm really not sure!! I have never tried to collect seeds from mine and it has never self seeded. Maybe someone else knows more. Sorry I wasn't more help!
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Better late than never! YES, the Russian Blue Sage will self-seed, is an excellant xeroscape specimen. To collect seeds, choose fully dried flower heads; gently remove them over something to catch the seeds, or place seed heads right in a large white envelope. These plants take about two years to attain good transplanting size (which might mean having to "over winter" them til then), so would highly recommend just watching for "volunteers" from Mother Plant, digging those up and giving them away instead. As there are several differant varieties of Russian Sages (colors, heights and hybrids)now, plants MAY come true to yours or they may not, time will tell. Also, you may cut back your sage to 6 inches in height either in the fall or early spring: new growth will appear from root system each year.
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Thanks Weeds!!
I think I will do a little of both
seeds and "Plantlets"
as I have to send some to SW Georgia and NE Florida
and don't know if the plantlets will make it that far
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