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Pineapple Sage
Pineapple Sage
A variety of salvia
How to sow pineapple sage: Cuttings
Sun requirement for pineapple sage: Plant in Full Sun
Pineapple, or Tangerine, Sage is a tender perennial shrub in the Lamiaceae (Mint) family that is native to South America. It has veined, pale yellow-green leaves that resemble mint and smell like pineapple when bruised. When the days begin to shorten, groups of 6-12 tubular, brilliant red flowers bloom and attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Pineapple Sage is grown for culinary and medicinal use, as an ornamental, and to attract and feed hummingbirds. Flowers are edible, and leaves can be added to beverages, salsas, and salads. It is used in Mexican traditional medicine to treat anxiety and high blood pressure. It's an excellent companion plant because it attracts pollinators and deters many pests. When planted with strawberries, it will enhance their flavor. Pineapple Sage is cold hardy to -6.6° C and can be grown in containers in cooler regions.
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Pineapple sage facts
Lifespan
Height × spread
120cm × 120cmRow Spacing
120cmGrown for
fruit harvested 1 timeCrop cycle
Max altitude
Optimal light
What are growing degree days?
A plant grows with warmth, not with days. A growing degree day is one day's worth of useful warmth: how many degrees the day's average temperature is above the lowest temperature the crop grows at. Add them up from planting and you know how far along the crop is, whatever the calendar says.
Say that lowest temperature is 10°C. A day averaging 17°C gives 7 growing degree days. A day averaging 8°C gives none, as it is too cold for the crop to grow. That is why the same lettuce takes about 50 days in a summer and 90 in an autumn: it needs the same total warmth either way.
For pineapple sage, the FAO EcoCrop database gives a lowest growing temperature of 5°C and a shortest growing cycle of 120 days at its best temperature, about 1860 growing degree days to a first harvest.
Where you've told us where your garden is, we use this and the weather there to predict when your pineapple sage will be ready to harvest. We don't use it for how long a plant lives or when it finishes: we go by what members have logged for that.
How members grow pineapple sage
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Plant pineapple sage with
broccoli
cabbage
carrot
cauliflower
kale
kohlrabi
strawberry
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Who's planted pineapple sage
- torosch Kitchen Garden · Wellington
- mmmel Garden · Melbourne, Australia
- At_Home_In_My_Garden AHITG_ Herb Bed · Brisbane, Queensland
- npdesign Garden
- Mordae Chicken Run Orchard · Paeroa, New Zealand
Pineapple sage harvests
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mmmel harvested 2 sprigs.
over 11 years ago
mmmel harvested 2 sprigs.
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Time to harvest
If sown now, expect a first harvest in about 120 to 240 days.
From the growing cycle in the FAO EcoCrop database, which is the same wherever it is grown.
Ecological requirements
Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Salvia officinalis
| Family / Taxonomy | Magnoliopsida Asteridae Lamiales Labiatae |
|---|---|
| Life form | sub-shrub |
| Life span | perennial |
| Habit | erect |
| Optimal soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) |
| Optimal soil texture | medium |
| Optimal soil fertility | high |
| Optimal soil drainage | well (dry spells) |
| Optimal soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
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