Comments on: The Name of the Sage http://hayefield.com/2009/10/31/the-name-of-the-sage/ A Pennsylvania Plant Geek's Garden Thu, 17 May 2012 03:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SFaith http://hayefield.com/2009/10/31/the-name-of-the-sage/#comment-2500 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:26:44 +0000 http://hayefieldhouse.com/?p=1747#comment-2500 Thanks for the lead on a salvia with true blue blooms.

I grow salvias for medicinal purposes. Kitchen sage won’t grow here so I use the ornamentals (all true salvias are safe and the purple-flowered varieties are usually medicinal).

I’m in that stage of life where women sometimes suffer from night sweats. Sage leaf tea suppresses sweating.

I’ll have to give this one a try. Imagine all the tea those huge leaves could make.

I don’t know about the medicinal value of S. macrophylla, but if you try it, maybe you could let us know what you think.
-Nan

]]> By: Tiziana Sanna http://hayefield.com/2009/10/31/the-name-of-the-sage/#comment-2402 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:06:55 +0000 http://hayefieldhouse.com/?p=1747#comment-2402 Hi Robin,

you are probably right, we will see when it will bloom, among few days.
In effects the flower is alike entirely to that of the guaranitica, even if the consistence of the leaves is lighter.
Thanks for the precise statement however, very useful.
Hi! Tiziana

]]> By: Robin http://hayefield.com/2009/10/31/the-name-of-the-sage/#comment-2400 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:48:59 +0000 http://hayefieldhouse.com/?p=1747#comment-2400 Hi Tiziana,

It is thought that the name ianthina is invalid. There is a form of S. guaranitica in Europe which is regularly sold as S. ianthina. Christian Froissart, the French Salvia expert, (author of the book “La Connaissance des Sauges”)suggests ianthina to be an incorrect synonym of guaranitica. Some years ago I bought S. ianthina from a French nursery, and it was exactly the same as S. guaranitica ‘Blue Enigma’.

Robin.

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