Sudokuaholics Anonymous 2

I have to try

Is there not a big, red RUBY on top of that update?

The website I read says Pineapple Sage has vivid red flowers. I wasn't sure I could find info without a scientific name.

The pineapple plant sounds soooo good ...on my must find list...

Salvia elegans 'scarlet pineapple'. There are some very good pics of it on google images.

And Ruby. Hello and thank you too for the update re Stella's D.

Topps for topper? Congratulations....

Hi, Ruby. I think both of us gave updates on Stella's daughter. Unfortunately when several people are all posting, we don't always see every post before we respond.

With all of our concern, flying fingers, etc., topper got a TOPP. Congrats.

Yeah sorry Ruby, saw Julie's update first then yours! Thanks to both.

I think we're all a bit concerned, as is Stella! That kind of a trip is a big undertaking for anyone of any age.

knew it was getting slow but hadn't seen that it time ...early day tomorrow...hugs and kisses to all... must get ready to leave for now....have a great day/night....where ever you may be.

I must admit that I didn't carefully read Julie's. I'll just sit in the corner for a time-out. Maybe that is where Topper hides.

Mamacita, we'll miss you, but we must carry on. Have pleasant dreams, and a wonderful day tomorrow.

Back to the pineapple sage, yes it does have red flowers. I have many different ornamental sages. They are very forgiving for weather conditions! When they wilt, I throw some grey water at them and they stand straight back up again. My kind of plant! I also like them because of their dense foliage. One that I have, has very long canes that throw the most beautiful purply pink flowers and another has lilac coloured flowers.

Ciao Mamacita. Have a good day tomorrow.

Goodnight, Mama.

Come on Ruby, out of the corner! Come and tell us what you got up to today.

It's OK, Ruby. I have even found that a new comment suddenly inserts itself between 2 comments that I have read. Sometimes I think the site has a bit of difficulty keeping up with multiple posts. We're glad to have you here at a time when a few others are here. So often you find an empty room.

Got hubby to show me how to use the digi camera so I can start taking photos of the garden so will post pics of the sage flowers. Am also going to do a fungi series because I reckon there's about forty different kinds on the block!

Gail, do you have 'zones' in Australia to help you know if a plant will survive and grow? I need to learn more about these ornamental sages and find out if they will grow in my area.

I must admit that the only sage I am familiar with is rubbed (cooking) sage. It looks a lot like Lamb's Ear growing. It makes me think of my mother. She always used it in her dressing at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm going to investigate your scented sages.

Ruby, you haven't gone to bed, too? Maybe it's getting toward the bottom of the page & the gremlins are acting up.

I also have a sage I call lambs ear. Mine is a much greyer coloured leaf than all the others which are various shades of green. I used to only keep the sages in pots but I have planted along the various types along the fence line and they are going very well.

Do they need full sun, partial sun, or little sun?

I hate to be a wet blanket, but there are very strict laws about sending plants or seeds into or out of the country. You want me to go back in the corner now, don't you?

We sure do have different climate zones in Aus, Julie, its a bl**dy big place! To the north, we have a very tropical climate with wet and dry seasons. Where Rola is, it is a much more mediterranean climate and where I am has warm to hot summers and cold winters with frosts. The sages are very successful here, don't know about in the other zones.

No corners for you, Ruby! We're only discussing the sages & their desirable qualities. We won't be sending them around the world.

Lsmb's Ear may be a sage. I don't know. Rubbing sage is gray, too.

Gail, our 'zones' are numbered. I think I live in a zone 4. We can get below zero degrees F and snow in the winter and can get as hot as high 90* or even low 100 occasionally in the hottest part of summer.

Just popping in to say a quick hello - Hi all, how are you all today?

It gets below zero in Il? Burrrr. Glad I live here.

I'm sure they're all available in the states anyway, I wouldn't be sending them Ruby. Sounds too much like work! I have some in pots on the verandah which get no direct sun and they are fine and the ones in the ground are in partial shade under the gum trees. I find that in the height of summer, if they are in direct sun, you have to keep the water up to them because they dry out and wilt very quickly, I suppose because they have such large leaves. But if they are kept moist they seem to tolerate most conditions. Will go out today to photograph them in all the different posies they're in.
ps Sorry for the long posts!

Julie, we do have numbered zones here, but they are may be different to yours, since we barely have any areas with snow

You can post the pix on your page and we can look at them. That will be good.

Hi, Jenny!

The site I'm reading now about the Pineapple Sage makes me think it gets too cold here in the winter, unless we might try container growing as an annual.

Hiya Jenni.
I don't know Julie, I would imagine they would be ok there in your zone. The beauty of sages are that they are inexpensive to buy and propagate very easily. They love to be cut right back, being herbaceous, and I chuck the cuttings straight into pots with potting mix and hey presto, a dozen new plants!

Below 0 degrees F would certainly be way to cold for me. I'm glad I live here, where it only gets to about -5C during the night (at worst), and we have a cold climate by Aussie standards

If they are similar to Russian Sage, that is a very popular plant here.

The below zero usually doesn't last more than a few days at a time.