Sage in the garden: planting, pruning and keeping it young
Sage is an undemanding Mediterranean subshrub. With the right spot and a firm spring cut, one plant carries you through the kitchen for many years.
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7 postsSage is an undemanding Mediterranean subshrub. With the right spot and a firm spring cut, one plant carries you through the kitchen for many years.
You sow foxglove, mullein and honesty in high summer, but they only flower the year after. Here is how to sow biennials successfully, and how to let them self-seed.
When the summer flowers fade in September, the asters open and become the last big nectar source for bees. Here is how to plant, combine and care for them.
Chives are native, perennial and easy, as long as you give them moist, rich soil. Here is how to cut, divide and force them right.
Without pruning, lavender falls apart after a few years. With two simple cuts a year it stays dense, compact and flowers more lavishly summer after summer.
Thyme is easy once you understand where it comes from: sun, poor soil, little water. The way you prune it decides whether it lasts ten years or goes bald.
The cornelian cherry blooms golden-yellow as early as February, the first bee forage of the year. In autumn tart red fruits ripen for jelly, syrup and liqueur.