Sow the Magic Broadleaf Sage Tarot Seed Packet

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Also known as common sage, this plant has a long history of medicinal and culinary use. It's great for flavoring meat, cheese, and bean dishes as well as laying on the grill to flavor meat with it's savory and peppery-scented smoke. This is an attractive shrubby evergreen plant with beautiful mauve flowers. It grows in a bush-like habit with thick rosette stems and dusty green-grey foliage. Can be slow growing and take up to three years to reach mature size.

 Salvia Officinalis 

Envelope contains 15 seeds

• SUN NEEDS: full sun (minimum of 6 hours)
• PLANTING DEPTH: 1/4"
• GERMINATION: 14-21 days
• MATURITY: 75-80 days
• PLANT HEIGHT: 12-36 inches
• SOIL TYPE: well drained soil
• HARDINESS ZONES: 5-10
• SUPPORT NEEDED: none

Sow seeds indoors on surface of soil 6-8 weeks before last frost. Can also be directly sown outdoors after last spring frost. Divide every 2-4 years. 

Sow 2-3 seeds per cell/pot, thin to the strongest seedling or use the 20 Row seedling flat, transplanting into individual pots when seedlings get their 3rd set of leaves. Sow outdoors only in areas with very long growing seasons. Sow after last frost.