Sage, Broadleaf

Broadleaf sage has large, aromatic leaves with classic savory-sweet sage flavor perfect for Thanksgiving stuffing and sausage. This hardy perennial forms a beautiful silvery-green shrub and comes back year after year.

Sage: This Mediterranean perennial (Salvia officinalis) features velvety leaves that deliver a classic, savory, slightly peppery flavor essential for traditional cuisine, especially Thanksgiving stuffing. Common culinary sage offers a warm, earthy flavor that intensifies when dried, while purple, golden, and tricolor varieties add ornamental value with equivalent flavor potency. This drought-tolerant plant forms attractive mounds and produces purple-blue flower spikes that attract bees and hummingbirds.

• Growing Tips: Transplant after the last frost, spacing 18-24 inches apart; plants are perennial in zones 5-9 and live for several years.

• Sun Requirements: Full sun (6 hours minimum).

• Preferred Soil: Well-drained, lean to average soil; prefers drier conditions and tolerates drought.

• Harvest Details: Begin harvesting leaves when plants reach 6 inches; flavor is strongest just before flowering; drying maximizes flavor concentration; cut back woody growth in spring; perennial that becomes woody with age.