- Author: Karen Metz
Published on: December 19, 2014
I know we need the rain desperately, but all the gray has been getting to me a bit. But then I look outside and see my Pineapple Sage, Salvia elegans, blooming its little heart out on my back patio. It has such cheerful tubular red flowers that just keep blooming and blooming in the fall when everything else is tapering off. Although they can grow to four feet tall in the ground, they can also be grown in pots. The flowers attract hummingbirds as well as humans.
The leaves truly smell of pineapple and are edible as long as you have not used any pesticides. They are half hardy, so I will either cover them or bring inside during heavy frosts. We all need things in the garden that will put smiles on our faces.
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