Actually, Salvias are better companions for veggies than the other way around. Most Salvias are rabbit and deer resistant, and have few pests, unless they are rather stressed.

You might want to grow some basil with your tomatoes. Pycnanthemums (mountain mints) attract braconid and other parasitic wasps of vegetable pests, including hornworms. Salvias will attract hummingbirds and other pollinators.

You might want to get some of the small-flowered sages, since these will get you honeybees and your native bees, also good pollinators. You will also have to be careful which European sages to plant, since Salvia pratensis and S. sclarea may be on your state's invasive species list, as they are in Washington state. Pity.

Fascinated to learn that S pratensis is on Washington state's hit list - it's common enough in mainland Europe but in Britain it's now so rare it's protected!! The only time I have ever seen wild British S pratensis was when my late husband was working as an archaeologist in the military zone on Salisbury Plain: he came to my house one day with a bunch of wild flowers (it was in our very early days and he was trying to impress me) picked on the Plain, which contained three stems of S pratensis....I didn't tell him at the time, though I did later!

I think I would love to live somewhere where it was a common weed....

I use salvias for the fallow cycle in the vegetable garden. when you think of space you might want to think of space in time. Around here where we can't grow lettuce in the summer it can be interplanted with young sage seedlings which will replace it once the harvest is complete. Exactly how to fit it all together is a personal thing, and something to occupy the mind in early spring.

Hi, Thanks for all your help. I put the Salvia in a pot and placed it on my back porch, I love to smell the pineapple scent when I walk outside. I do have another question about using the leaves, do I just pluck them off the stem, or do I take the stem off too. As you can probably tell, Im new to all this. Thanks again.

Peapod:
Pineapple Sage cna be used as a garnish especially nice
when just begininng to bloom.Crush or bruse a few leaves
in hot or Iced Tea Make sure the leaves are newer so they
have good flavor. Also don't spray with any insecticides
that are not rated for use on vegetables.Salvia officinalis
is used in cooking. Salvia hipanica seed (Chia) is used as a food source(high in Omega 3 fatty acids and antioxidents)in Mexico and now other parts of the world as well.You maybe able to grow another Salvia called Fruit Scented Sage(S.dorisiana)it has a nice scent also.
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