Sage Common

The most architectural herb in the garden. Common Sage produces a hardy evergreen shrub with thick, pebbly silver-grey leaves and mauve-blue flowers — a plant that is as beautiful as it is useful, providing year-round structure in the herb garden and a powerful, earthy, slightly camphor flavour that is essential in stuffings, butter sauces, and pork dishes. Listed on the RHS Plants for Pollinators. Approximately 30 seeds per packet.

• Salvia officinalis — Hardy Perennial (H5)
• Height: 60–90cm | Harvest: year-round
• Approximately 30 seeds per packet
• Sow indoors March–May; full sun; free-draining soil
• Cut back by a third after flowering to prevent woodiness
• RHS Plants for Pollinators listed — outstanding bee plant