Sage
Salvia officinalis
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors late February to late March, sow outside mid-April to early June, plant out mid-April to mid-June, and harvest late March to late November.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- late February to late March
- Sow outdoors
- mid-April to early June
- Plant out
- mid-April to mid-June
- Harvest
- late March to late November
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 45 cm apart, rows 60 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Ready in
- 35 to 60 days from planting out
- Grows to
- 60 cm
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -15 °C
- Sun
- Full sun
- Crops for
- Several years (perennial)
Growing tip
Grow in full sun and free-draining soil; prune lightly after flowering and replace plants once they become woody.
Neighbours
Herbs are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
More herbs
Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For sage, we used:
Grow sage with VegLog
Add sage to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
