Sage is grown in the country quite often. This perennial ornamental medicinal plant is loved by many gardeners. It can grow in the southern regions, northern regions, and the middle lane. The culture belongs to the Lamb family, has a second name Salvia.

Growing conditions

Perennial garden sage can be bred as annuals or biennials. Garden sage should be planted in an open, well-lit, sunny area. Slight shading of bushes is allowed. A heat-loving plant does not tolerate drafts.

The semi-shrub prefers light sandy loam or loamy, nutritious, neutral, breathable soils. He does not like slightly acidic soils. Their acidity should be: pH = 6.5 - 7.0. If necessary, you can use chalk powder, dolomite flour, eggshells. To make the earth loose, humus, compost, river sand are added before digging up the bed.

Note! Sage in the country can grow in one place for more than 8 years.

Sage

The culture does not tolerate excessive moisture. Do not use a large amount of humus. This can lead to stretching of the bushes in height.

A favorable neighborhood is important for a plant. You cannot plant sage in the garden in the place where clear-flowered crops grew: mint, oregano, basil, thyme, corn. It is better that the predecessors were vegetables such as:

  • Potatoes;
  • Cabbage;
  • Bow;
  • Beans;
  • Peas.

On a note! Irises, cereals, and strawberry bushes will be wonderful neighbors for sage.

Reproduction

You can grow sage:

  • dividing the bush. In the fall or spring, they dig up the plant, divide it into the required number of fragments. Places of cuts are powdered with charcoal. Small bushes should have aerial parts and roots.
  • by cuttings. Cut off healthy branches of dwarf shrubs. They are lowered into a container filled with water. After the roots are formed, the culture is planted in the ground.
  • seeds. This is the most popular method of breeding sage in the country, it is worth considering it in more detail.

Sage seeds

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Seeds are sown in February or March, early April. It depends on when it will be possible to transplant sprouts into open ground, summer residents should focus on the local climate.

Important! Sage belongs to plants with long daylight hours. Therefore, it is necessary to highlight it with phytolamps.

Seed material is bought in a store or harvested in the fall from the bushes at their summer cottage. In the latter case, you need to prepare them for sowing: the achenes are kept in the refrigerator for 30 days. Before planting, leave in a pink manganese solution for 15 minutes and dry.

It is necessary to prepare the land in advance (5 - 6 days before planting). You should spill the soil with boiling water with the addition of potassium permanganate or warm it up in the oven. This will destroy fungal infections, suspected pests. Next, you need to act like this:

  1. Prepare containers. They are poured over with boiling water, washed with laundry soap. Drainage - expanded clay is poured at the bottom. Then they spread the earth.
  2. Sage has very small seeds, so experienced gardeners recommend mixing them with sand. Then sprinkle gently on the surface of the soil and spray with water from a spray bottle. Cover with glass or plastic wrap. Comfortable temperature for landings + 20-25 degrees.
  3. When the first shoots appear, the shelters are removed. The trays are put on the window. The crop should be watered sparingly. The first shoots appear after two weeks.
  4. The shoots dive when two leaves appear on each sprout (use the same land as when sowing). For a couple of days, the pots are left in a light (openwork) shade. This way they take root better. Then they are returned to a bright place.

Advice! In order for the bushes to be lush and give many lateral processes, you need to pinch their tops above every sixth leaf.

Sage in the garden: planting and care

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Before planting sage outdoors in the country, the seedlings should be hardened for 14 days. It is necessary to take plants out into the air so that they can get used to their habitat. To begin with, they are left for a few minutes, gradually increasing the time.

Young seedlings are planted when the threat of frost has passed (depending on the region, climate). For example, in the Moscow region, you can plant Salvia seedlings in the last days of May. So that the bushes do not interfere with each other, the distance between them should be at least 70 centimeters.

Planting sage

It is not necessary to grow sage seedlings; you can also sow its seeds directly into the ground in spring or fall. It should be noted that during the autumn planting, the seeds must be dry. Thus, natural stratification occurs in winter.

Seeds are laid to a depth of 6 - 7 mm. When the seedlings grow up, they should be thinned out.

Care

Salvia is not fastidious, it is quite simple to take care of her.

Although sage tolerates drought well, it requires moderate watering. Otherwise, its leaves will become tough. Water the plant as needed, avoiding excessive moisture. Otherwise, pests may attack it: spider mites, slugs, thrips, snails. After irrigation, the soil around the bushes must be loosened.

Important! Stagnation of water should not be allowed.

It is necessary to regularly weed the bed with salvia throughout the season, avoiding thickening of the bushes. This will provide the plant with air and sunlight. Mulching with small pebbles or pebbles will retain moisture and protect from weeds. In the case of the appearance of parasites, the plants are sprayed with an infusion of onion peel or garlic with the addition of laundry soap.

Mulching with small stones or pebbles will retain moisture

In the spring, the plants are fed before flowering or 14 - 20 days after the seedlings are planted (with nitrogen substances, mullein infusion). When flowers appear, use phosphorus, potassium (25g / m2). In the fall, when the bushes are pruned, the soil is fertilized with phosphorus-potassium compounds

They begin to prune the plants in the second year after planting, leaving the stems 10 centimeters high from the ground. Sage bushes are cut in spring and autumn. This procedure rejuvenates the seedlings, stimulates the growth of new branches, and strengthens the roots. The first years, when sage grows, carry out autumn pruning. Later, a similar event is carried out only in the spring.

Important! Stems grow stiff after 3 - 5 years. It is necessary to replace old bushes with young seedlings. They are usually cut in water. After a month, roots appear and cuttings are planted in the ground.

All types of sage do not tolerate winter cold, frost. In autumn, the plants are prepared for winter: they are cut off, leaving hemp, mulched with dry humus. When the temperature outside becomes -5 - 6 degrees, sprinkle with earth, cover with foliage, spruce branches.

Sage collection

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Everyone knows that sage has undeniable medicinal properties. Both the leaves and the tops with flowers bring benefits. Medicinal material can be harvested throughout the summer season until the beginning of autumn. The best period for harvesting is the flowering time of the culture. The plant is harvested in dry, sunny weather.

Sage harvest

You can pluck the leaves separately or cut the twigs, forming them into bouquets. For young seedlings (1 - 2 years old), it is advisable to take only the upper leaves, without touching the branches.

Medicinal herbs are dried in well-ventilated rooms (no more than +35 degrees). The sun's rays should not fall on it.The raw material is scattered in a thin layer or suspended in panicles. You can use an oven or electric dryer (permissible temperature 50 - 60 degrees). The dried plant is stored in glass jars, cloth bags, paper bags.

Sage application

Interesting! It is used fresh and dried to flavor various meat, fish, vegetable dishes; it is included in complex spices. Also added during preservation.

For prophylactic, medicinal purposes, all kinds of decoctions, infusions, rinses are prepared from sage. It has an antibacterial effect, stops blood, improves vascular tone, cleanses the body. They treat wounds, burns, use it for compresses.

Sage is considered an excellent cosmetic product. Beneficial features:

  • slows down the aging process;
  • restores skin cells, cleanses, refreshes it;
  • eliminates various inflammations on the skin, normalizes its fat content;
  • rinse the hair with sage infusion.

Sage is widely used in cosmetology

The plant also has contraindications. Its preparations cannot be used for the following diseases:

  • acute inflammation of the kidneys;
  • hypothyroidism (decreased thyroid function);
  • polycystic;
  • endometriosis;
  • myoma;
  • individual intolerance;
  • pregnancy;
  • breast-feeding.

On a note! The most common variety of salvia, which is planted in summer cottages, is Muscat sage (Voznesensky 24). It has a delicate aroma of nutmeg (the presence of essential oil 0.25%), for which it got its name. It is a perennial (usually biennial) plant. Differs in high winter hardiness. Its height is 1, 5 - 2 meters. If the crop is grown in the suburbs, the growth will not exceed 1m.

Clary sage is grown in the country in the same way as other types of salvia.

Sage is not difficult to grow in a summer cottage. It is easy to care for, and the beautiful look of the flower will decorate any garden.