Sage is one of the essential herbs. It is used to flavor sausage, poultry, meat, bread, vegetables, omelets, and stuffing. Sage is often dried to create dried floral wreaths and dried flower arrangements. Sage has fragrant gray-green leaves and attractive purple-blue flower spikes in early summer. It is highly attractive to birds, bees, and butterflies. Sage is a perennial evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean region. Its gray-green leaves have a pebbled or bumpy texture, and release a pungent but not unpleasant aroma. Sage is used to flavor many dishes and is a common ingredient in vinegars and sauces. Botanical Name: Salvia officinalis Life Cycle: Perennial Light Requirement: Full Sun Planting Season: Spring Features: Heirloom, Culinary, Medicinal, Container Garden, Deer Resistant Plant Height: 18-30 inches Days to Maturity: 90 Days Plant Spacing: 24 inches Planting Depth: 1/4 inch Sowing Method: Start Indoors, Direct Sow Cold Stratification: No Hardiness Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1