Plant Information

Common Name: SAGE - RUSSIAN
Scientific Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia

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Description

• Perennial
• Perennial herb, silver foliage and steel-blue flower spikes.
• Flowers are hermaphrodite.
• Dormant in winter.
• Drought tolerant
• Full sun.
• Prune back in spring.

Culinary Uses

• Flowers have a sweet flavor - add to salads or use as a garnish

Parts Used

• Leaves and flowers

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Febrifuge (koorsafdrywend).
• Cooling medicine to treat fevers.

Other Uses

• Insect repellent:
• Repel aphid and white fly - combine with other insect-repelling herbs like rue, khakibos, basil, rosemary and lavender.
• Repel fleas, ticks, ants and weevils when put in animal's bedding straw
• Potpourri
• Companion planting:
• Plant next to squash, potatoes, sousou, melons, lemon trees, calabashes and lavender

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