I don't think that alert thing for the plant of the day is working today--didn't get one.
I have two third-year sage,one regular and one Berggarten. They remained evergreen. The regular one smells nice, but the Berggarten makes my mouth water whenever I rub a leaf.
They both are doing fine in the dusty, usually dry and rather heavily shaded beds I use only for herbs, made from topsoil poured into the two halves of an old ladder. I intend to try mulch for them at some point this spring, unlike previous years. But everything is doing just fine, including the sages. The regular one has buds. I'm wondering if I should cut them off to maintain leaf flavor, but this is its firs blooming year, so I'll probably leave them.
The Berggarten is growing slower than the regular, but it's perfectly healthy. I never pay either sage any mind except to rub a leaf every so often. The only reason either bed gets water is if I don't want some marigold or calendula seedlings to die in spring, and they benefit from the runoff then. Otherwise, they're all at the mercy of the elements, other than the shelter of the thick tree branches that shade them/keep them dry.
). They put up their show generously with almost no care at all. They withstand frost , however only once I lost the summer bloom with a very late severe frost exactly Christmas day ( already summer in the S.hemisphere)., but the leaves or plants were unharmed. Some of my bushes are about 27 years old and they seem to keep going on.
