Saturday, May 10, 2008 - Pineapple Sage
This photo was taken very recently. It is autumn here. It will be winter in June. The pineapple sage is growing in a fairly large pot, but probably has roots growing into the ground underneath. Pineapple sage does get cut by the frost, so it would have been nice if we had put the pot under the privet down the fence a little as it doesn't lose its leaves. It seems to flower when there is not much around after the easter daisies. This is the garden at our new house and it looks very wintery there, so dh and I think we should have some pineapple sage around the front next year to brighten things up a little. DH bought pineapple sage on October 8, 2005. Originally we had another plant at our first home.
I have researched pineapple sage before and loved this picture. The link includes a pound cake recipe.
Birds like this plant as well.
We have the plant under water from an automatic watering system. We had to do this because we are only allowed to water at times when we are not there.
You rub your fingers on the leaves and they smell like pineapple. Here is a tea video I found on Youtube. It is a great place to see Australian Self-suffienciency at work.
This week's host for Weekend Herb Blogging (after the 11th?) is Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska.
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