Of the more than 800 kinds of salvia, the most common is the ancient herb Salvia officinalis or common gray culinary sage. Square stemmed, with pungent foliage, these awesome plants come in many ...

I bought a small plant of golden sage, which has variegated leaves. The nursery worker did not know if this type is edible. The nursery also carried wild sage, which she said was not edible.

When you hear the word sage you probably immediately think of the herb, Salvia officinalis commonly used to season poultry. But there are enough different sages available to plant an entire garden ...

She groups plants with similar growing requirements together, including golden oregano, silver posy thyme, pizza thyme, lemon thyme and golden variegated sage.

This was the case in Renaissance England, when we began to treasure ‘painted’ plants, such as the sage Salvia officinalis Tricolor and the grass Phalaris arundinacea Picta. So it remains today. Mr ...