Sage - Salvia officinalis
Culinary use:
Not only is sage a key ingredient in chicken or turkey stuffing, it's a good, useful herb in wintery stews and casseroles and is also good with a lot of pork dishes and pasta.
Cultivars and varieties:
Salvia 'Dyson's Joy' [AGM] - Two coloured flowers, pale pink petals with darker, purple sepals (calyces).
Salvia 'Joy' [AGM] - Two coloured flowers, pale pink petals with darker, purple sepals (calyces).
Salvia greggii 'Joy' [AGM] - Two coloured flowers, pale pink petals with darker, purple sepals (calyces).
Salvia jamensis 'Hot Lips' [AGM] - An evergreen shrub, growing to a metre tall and a metre wide. Small scented leaves. The first flush of flowers are fully white or fully red, subsequent, later flowers are white and bright red. It will continue to flower until the first frosts.
Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' - The flowers are red early in the season, but appear white with red tips from early summer.
Seeds to sow now:
Indoors or in a heated greenhouse
Ageratum
Aubergine
Bell pepper, Pepper, Sweet pepper
Cardoon
Celeriac
Celery
Columbine
Coriander
Cress
Floss flower, Ageratum
Forget-me-not
Ornamental pepper
Pepper
Outside
Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia
Beetroot
Beetroot, Garden beet
Borecole, Kale
Bristly hollyhock
Broccoli
Brussels sprout
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Kohl rabi
Normandy sorrel
Onion
Ornamental winter kale
Radish
Spinach
Spinach, Summer spinach
Spring onion
Sweet pea
Sweetcorn
Turnip
Outside under cover
Brussels sprout
French marigold
Marrow
Onion
Snapdragon
Sweetcorn
What else to plant now:
Roses (bare rooted)
