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sage Sage planting

grown by shiny in Big main bed · Wellington, NZ

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Harvest months

Spring
September, usually harvesting
October, usually harvesting
November, usually harvesting
Summer
December, usually harvesting
January, usually harvesting
February, usually harvesting
Autumn
March, usually harvesting
April, usually harvesting
May, usually harvesting
Winter
June, usually harvesting
July
August

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 1 year ago 2025-10-28

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

1 plant

Grown in

not specified

Rating

5 of 5

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for sage so farFrom Nov 14 to Nov 09, 134 of 361 days had a high inside the best range of 15–26°C. The highs were below the best range on 227 days. The weather was too cold on 30 days (lows below 5°C).
Expected to suit sageGoing by last year's weather, 30 of the 43 days from Nov 10 to Dec 22 should have a high inside the best range of 15–26°C. The highs could be below the best range on 13 days.
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 5–30°Grows best 15–26°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 09: 0.9 mm

The dotted lines and bars are expected weather, last year's data for the same days moved forward a year. They are not observed.

Rain
1,081 mm
Hottest day
21.1°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
12.5°C
Days in its best range
134 of 361
Days
361

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Notes

i don't remember plantingthis

Photos

2026-11-11_06-25-16
2026-11-11_06-25-16
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2026-10-28_09-24-28
2026-10-28_09-24-28
by shiny
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by shiny

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

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    Planted

Frost danger has passed for this sage planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. 3 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.1 °C.

This sage planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Coldest night
1.1 °C
0.9 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 183 days after this sage planting finishes
Frost-free season
295 days
in a typical year

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Harvests

No harvests recorded yet.

Seeds saved

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Jobs

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Crop

Photo of sage

Sage

Salvia officinalis

a variety of Salvia

  • 50 plantings
  • 21 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 171 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other sage plantings at the same latitude.