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Pineapple Sage
Salvia elegans
This herb is a tender perennial which originates in Mexico and Guatemala. It
grows outdoors to as low as 41 degrees, in well-drained, alkaline soil. It
then must be grown indoors in the winter where it does well. When grown
outside for the summer, it grows to about 3-6 feet high, bearing 3 to 5”
spikes of arching brilliant red flowers. It is often the last tender herb to
bloom outdoors in the late summer or fall.
USES
Culinary
Leaf - The leaves have a pineapple taste and smell, which add an
interesting flavor to salad. The leaves are used in tea, and give flavor
to pork dishes.
Flowers - The flower spikes are added to cold drinks The bright red
flowers add color to salad.
Household - The flowers are dried to put in potpourri.
(some information obtained from “Encyclopedia of Herbs” by
Deni Brown and "The Complete
Book of Herbs“, by Leslie Bremness)
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