White sage dropping leaves
Lyn081
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white sage
Hello
I have three white or bee sage (salvia Apiana) plants that were planted in outdoor containers in Spring and brought inside in late October. Two them weren't as healthy as the third which ought to be apparent from the attached photos. They always had smaller mottled leaves when they were all outside. Now they're inside the weaker two are dropping leaves rapidly and shrivelling, unlike the stronger third plant. I water them all when the top cm of soil is dry about once a week.
What am I doing wrong? Could it be a pest?
I have sprayed them with bug spray and just watered them as they were dry. Worth pointing out the the weaker two have even drier leaves that are dropping rapidly since the attached pics were taken.
Many thanks!
Lynette
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Last edited: 02 December 2016 14:09:11
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Why have you brought them indoors - they don't like it. My sage is planted out in the garden.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
not sure S. apiana can cope with our soggy winters Dove.
I haven't grown this but if I did I'd give it lots of air circulation, not too much heat and very little water over winter.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I was advised that they would struggle, unlike my Salvia officinalis which is fine in frost. I wish they could cope outside in deep winter!
Thanks for the advice.. I will try this.
I know it's not as tough as officinalis - but I'd rather take some cuttings as a back up and put the plants in a sheltered spot outside - under a lean-to - something like that, rather than have them look so unhappy - they look as if they've got powdery mildew.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Perhaps the small, plastic greenhouse is a good compromise.
I think that's a good idea - make sure it's strapped and weighted down - don't want it disappearing over the rainbow in the winter winds
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.