you have plenty of time.. to root some cuttings ....

i never had much luck ripping plants from mother earth.. potting them.. and then trying to get them thru winter ..... indoors.. in MI ...

maybe it was late timing stress ..... lack of indoor light stress ... lack of house humidity stress ... just to much freakin stress ...

ken

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sage+propagation&t=ffcm&iax=videos&ia=videos

I don't want to be bothered trying to keep anything alive in the house over winter -- I want to store in a state, not to be dealt with until next spring :0p

It sometimes overwinters here, but I can't really see carrying it over in non-freezing conditions unless treated like a greenhouse. You're better off just buying a new one every year.

did you edit the original ... or did i just lose focus and start answering half way thru reading it ... lol ...

i would be curious .. and why not try .... just throwing it in the horse barn ... let the horses keep it warm .;.... you probably only have to squeeze out one zone ... minimize wind.. and winter sun ....

i wouldnt bet my shiny penny on it working .... but the experiment would be worth the penny ...

ken

Yes, I found that too katob, with pineapple sage and my little clump of coreopsis integrifolia. Flowering means frost will arrive within days :( It's very sad.

I have a golden pineapple sage for the first time. It is just starting to show colour in the buds. No frost in the forecast yet, but you never know. I have wintered clumps of sage (patens or guaranitica, I forget) in the garage with mixed success. You can always try.

Both the above listed sages are tuberous rooted though. That probably will make a difference.

You are so right, Dbarron. I don’t think I have ever tried a non-tuberous one, and certainly it has never worked.

I got a Golden Delicious pineapple sage months ago. And while it has grown fine, it was a very cool summer for us and there is no sign of any flowers coming........yet. I am still hoping but not holding out a lot of promise as it has gotten significantly colder in the last few weeks. Probably will not see frost until well into next month but temps that only get into the upper 50's are not very encouraging for seeing any flowers any time soon.

I have always treated this plant as an annual as it has never wintered over for me. I might try bringing it indoors.......if I can find the room :-)

I've only successfully over-wintered when it was pot grown (not dug up).

One of the two Golden Delicious pineapple sage plants I planted in the spring is blooming. Frost must be ready to hit soon...lol.

This
is my first year growing Pineapple Sage and I'm going to attempt to overwinter
it. I brought mine this past spring in a 3" pot and it was
quite small. But it grew really fast and I found out its super easy to
transplant, so my goal was to make several transplants and place them in
various locations around my yard and put a few in my greenhouse.

It’s a perennial in zone 8-11 and I live in a zone 7b
to 8 but sometimes we can have freezing rain and snow. If you do leave it in
the ground Mulch it really well with at least 6-8" of hay or straw the
more the better. I was able to overwinter lemon verbena by doing this last
fall.

Because it seems I am always a good two weeks behind, I am only just now bringing my houseplants back inside for the winter. I was also going to try to winter over my containerized Golden Delicious pineapple sage indoors. But it is only now......October 31st........that I see signs of flowering. Some nice fat buds showing a lot of color!

No frost on the horizon yet but still pretty darn chilly at night. And while it has been beautifully sunny for the last week or so, also not at all warm during the day. Lucky if we hit 50F. But I am going to risk it and leave it out for a few more days with some hope that those fat buds may actually open. And provide a mid fall treat for the hummers!

As stressed as it might be with current temps, I am sure it is much happier outside in the sun than it would be in my rather dark, cave-like house :-)

Gardengal, I don’t think your pineapple sage is in any danger with temperatures above freezing. Mine has been in bloom for a week or two now. At night we often are in the low forties, a few nights down to 34 or slightly above. Mine is in the ground though, I will let it die when the time comes. The pictures were taken this morning.

Edit: I can at least post pictures, but why the first one comes out sideways???

Surprisingly, even with the dusting of snow last night, my pineapple sage is not yet a crumpled mess -- maybe it was just enough under the canopy of the maple tree to be spared, who knows. I do need to get out there and dig it along with the "Black and Blue" salvia -- I'm going to try to store like I do geraniums, just dry them off and throw them in paper bags in the crawl space, maybe a couple B&B in the crisper drawer of the spare fridge. I figured I'm going to lose them anyway, so might as well give it a try to see if it works. Last year I tried overwintering the B&B that were next to house in-place -- that didn't work...

I love the look of that yellow foliage with the strong red flowers. A nice way to wrap up the season with such a bold show, but I almost think if it flowered earlier and longer, from July to October for example, you might get tired of it!

I took cuttings of my salvia this afternoon. It's one of the blue ones similar to B&B and I guess I'll be the one who does the overwinter under lights experiment ;)