Salvia yunnanensis seed

LATIN NAME: Salvia yunnanensis

COMMON NAME: Yunnan Sage

The Yunnan sage sets the whorls of the violet-blue flowers along the upright stems, the soft, wrinkled leaves at the base, and the whole plant carries the fine, tidy look of the dry meadow. The upright, clump-forming, perennial herb carries the soft, wrinkled, ovate leaves with the toothed edges in the basal rosettes, and the whorls of the small, two-lipped, violet-blue flowers along the upright, square stems through the early summer, one of the quiet, steady sights of the dry meadow, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, dry, brown nutlets. The aromatic roots have a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, and the plant is a historic presence of the dry meadow. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, light, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Yunnan sage is a historic subject of the plant science, and the aromatic roots keep showing up in the work on the root herbs. The way the aromatic roots build up below the ground under the whorls of the violet-blue flowers has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the root herbs, the wrinkled leaves and the members of the mint family. The aromatic roots and the tidy habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the Yunnan sage is a regular subject of the work on the aromatic roots of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Yunnan sage is a quiet, useful herb of the dry meadow and the study collection. The soft, wrinkled, ovate leaves with the toothed edges in the basal rosettes carry the tidy look of the dry meadow, one of the quiet, steady sights of the dry meadow, drawing the bees, and the aromatic roots have a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, the dried roots coming to the old teas and the prepared remedies of the old shops, while the whorls of the small, two-lipped, violet-blue flowers open along the upright, square stems through the early summer, to be followed by the small, dry, brown nutlets. It is one of the fine choices for the dry meadow, the herb bed and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the scientific papers for the aromatic roots and the very long history. It is a quiet, useful herb of the open, sunny, deep, light, well-drained garden.

The sage seeds grow well in a fine, sandy mix in full sun, watered sparingly. The young plants are neat and undemanding once they root, and they enjoy the light, well-drained ground of the dry border.

To grow the Yunnan sage from seed, sow the small, dark seeds singly over the surface of the pot of fine, sandy soil, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the light, well-drained ground, the violet flowers will rise over the years.