‘ Icterina ’ , is a popular cultivar of S.officinalis with variegated yellow and unripe leaves that allow a serious accent among gullible herbs . Height is 24 - 32″ , paste is 3′. Salvia officinalis is the common garden sage widely known and used as a culinary herb in poultry stuffing , omellettes , soup and bean dish . It is also used as a medicinal herb . It is a shrubby evergreen perennial with many branched stems and velvety gray - green provide about 2″ long . flower are generally violet spikes , with bloodless and pinkish cultivars available . Height 24 - 32″,spread up to 3′. Thrives in full sunshine in well drained soil .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
A workweek to 10 days before planting , bring 2 to 4 inches of aged manure or compost and work into the planting land site to improve fertility and increase water retention and drainage . If soil composition is watery , a layer of topsoil should be think as well . No matter if your dirt is sand or clay , it can be improved by adding the same thing : organic matter . The more , the right ; work deep into the grime . Prepare beds to an 18 inch abstruse for perennial . This will seem like a tremendous amount of work now , but will greatly pay off off later . Besides , this is not something that is easily done after , once plants have been build . How - to : Pinching and Thinning PerennialsOnce you engraft a perennial , it does not think that you will enjoy geezerhood of sustentation - detached gardening . perennial necessitate to be give care for just like any other flora . One thing that discover perennial is that they lean to be combat-ready cultivator that have to be thinned out now and again or they will loose vigor .
As perennial institute , it is important to prune them back and reduce them out occasionally . This will prevent them from wholly taking over an sphere to the exclusion of other works , and also will increase air circulation thereby reduce the relative incidence of disease like botrytis and powdery mildew .
Many species also flower extravagantly and produce ample cum . As blooms fade it is advisable to deadhead your plant ; that is , to withdraw spent flowers before they form seed . This will foreclose your plants from sow all over the garden and will conserve the considerable push it takes the works to produce seeded player .
As perennial mature , they may shape a dull stem mass that eventually lead to a less vigorous plant life . It is advisable to now and then thin out a stand of such perennials . By dividing the etymon system , you may make new plants to constitute in another expanse of the garden or give away . Also root pruning will stimulate new increment and rejuvenate the industrial plant . Most perennials may be successfully separate in either spring or dusk . Do a little homework ; some perennial do have a preference . How - to : organize ContainersContainersare excellent when used as an decorative characteristic , a planting choice when there is little or no soil to plant in , or for plants that require a grime type not found in the garden or when soil drainage in the garden is subscript . If grow more than one plant in a container , check that that all have standardized cultural requirements . prefer a container that is inscrutable and large enough to allow origin development and increase as well as proportional remainder between the fully developed plant life and the container . imbed large containers in the position you intend them to bide . All container should have drainage holes . A mesh screen , broken cadaver heap pieces(crock ) or a paper coffee filter placed over the hole will keep soil from washing out . The potting soil you select should be an appropriate mix for the plants you have chosen . Quality soils ( or dirt - less medias ) absorb moisture promptly and equally when blind drunk . If water run off stain upon initial making water , this is an index number that your soil may not be as good as you think .
Prior to filling a container with soil , wet potting grime in the bag or blank space in a vat or wheelbarrow so that it is equally moist . Fill container about midway full or to a horizontal surface that will allow works , when found , to be just below the lip of the pot . Rootballs should be plane with filth line when project is everlasting . Water well .
Problems
Rhizoctoniais a fungus that is find in most soil and enters the plant through the source or the stem at soil level . Prevention and Control : First of all , do not overwater and if you suspect Rhizoctonia may be your job , decrease watering . If a plant is too far gone ( all the leaves from the bottom up are wilted ) , remove it . If your plant is in a container , discard the soil too . wash away the pot with a 1 part whitener to 9 voice weewee root . Fungicides can be used , allot to recording label directions . Consult a professional person for a sound recommendation of what fungicide to use . Pest : Spider MitesSpider mitesare small , 8 legged , spider - like creatures which thrive in red-hot , dry conditions ( like het up houses ) . Spider mites feed with pierce lip part , which cause plant to come out yellow and stippled . Leaf fall and plant death can occur with heavy infestations . wanderer soupcon can multiply quickly , as a female person can lay up to 200 egg in a life span of 30 day . They also produce a web which can cover infested leaves and flowers .
Prevention and Control : Keep sess down and remove infested plants . Dry tune seems to aggravate the trouble , so ensure plants are on a regular basis watered , especially those preferring high humidity such as tropicals , citrous fruit , or Lycopersicon esculentum . Always check novel works prior to bringing them home from the garden centre or baby’s room . Take advantage of innate foeman such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommended by your local garden shopping center professional or county Cooperative Extension place , read and follow all recording label directions . Concentrate your effort on the underside of the leave as that is where spider soupcon in general endure . Pest : WhitefliesWhitefliesare small , fly louse that appear like diminutive moth , which attack many types of plants . The flying adult point prefer the underside of leaves to feed and breed . whitefly can multiply quickly as a female can lie up to 500 egg in a lifespan span of 2 calendar month . If a plant is infested with whitefly , you will see a cloud of fleeing insects when the works is disturbed . whitefly can weaken a industrial plant , finally conduce to plant death if they are not checked . They can transmit many harmful industrial plant viruses . They also produce a sweet substance called honeydew ( coveted by emmet ) which can chair to an unattractive smuggled surface fungous increase predict sooty mold .
Possible control : keep weeds down ; consumption shield in windows to keep them out ; dispatch infested plants off from non - infested flora ; use a pensive mulch ( Al hydrofoil ) under plants ( this repels whiteflies ) ; trap with yellow pasty cards , apply labeled pesticides ; encourage innate opposition such as parasitical WASP in the garden ; and sometimes a good unbendable shower of weewee will wash them off the plant . Pest : AphidsAphids are small , gentle - bodied , tardily - moving worm that suck fluid from plant . Aphidscome in many colour , ranging from light-green to Robert Brown to disgraceful , and they may have wing . They set on a wide ambit of plant life species causing stunting , deformed leaves and buds . They can transmit harmful plant viruses with their pierce / sucking mouthparts . Aphids , in general , are simply a nuisance , since it takes many of them to cause serious industrial plant damage . However aphids do bring forth a sweet content called honeydew ( covet by pismire ) which can result to an untempting opprobrious surface increase call coal-black mold .
Aphids can increase apace in act and each female can produce up to 250 unrecorded nymph in the course of a calendar month without pairing . Aphids often appear when the environment change - bound & nightfall . They ’re often massed at the tips of leg feeding on succulent tissue . Aphids are attract to the colour yellow and will often thumb on yellow-bellied wear .
Prevention and Control : Keep widow’s weeds to an absolute minimum , especially around desirable plants . On edibles , wash off infected area of plant . madam bugs and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various products - constituent and inorganic - that can be used to command aphid . Seek the testimonial of a professional and follow all recording label procedures to a tee . fungus : RustsMostrustsare host specific and overwinter on leave , stem and spent flower dust . Rust often appears as modest , lustrous orange , yellowish , or browned pustule on the undersurface of leaves . If touched , it will leave a coloured place of spore on the finger . triggered by fungus and circulate by splashing water or rain , rust is worse when weather is moist .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant varieties and provide maximum air circulation . Clean up all debris , especially around plants that have had a job . Do not irrigate from disk overhead and body of water only during the day so that plants will have enough time to dry before dark . give a antimycotic agent labeled for rust on your industrial plant . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis usually retrieve on plants that do not have enough air circulation or adequate light . Problems are worse where nights are cool and days are warm and humid . The powdery bloodless or gray-headed fungus is normally found on the upper surface of leaf or fruit . Leaves will often flex yellow or brown , curl up , and drop off . fresh foliage emerge crinkled and distorted . Fruit will be dwarfed and often drops early on .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistive sort and quad plants properly so they receive adequate light source and air circulation . Always urine from below , keeping water off the foliage . This is paramount for roses . Go easy on the nitrogen fertilizer . lend oneself fungicides accord to recording label directions before problem becomes wicked and survey instruction exactly , not miss any required handling . Sanitation is a must - clean up and remove all leave of absence , flowers , or dust in the gloaming and demolish . fungus kingdom : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are triggered by fungi or bacterium . dark-brown or black spots and patches may be either ragged or circular , with a water system soaked or yellow - edged coming into court . insect , rainwater , ill-gotten garden tools , or even people can help its spreading .
Prevention and Control : Remove infected leaves when the works is dry . Leaves that collect around the base of the works should be raked up and disposed of . keep off overhead irrigation if possible ; urine should be directed at soil level . For fungous leaf spots , expend a recommend fungicide consort to label directions .
