Keep well watered through maturity, allowing the bed to dry between waterings. Needs full sun.
Entire seedbed should be evenly moist during germination time.
Soil temperature should be kept higher than 16°C / 61°F to ensure good germination.By our calculations*, you should look at sowing Clary sage about 84 days before your last frost date .
Let the pods dry on the plant and then break open to collect seeds.
These estimates for how long Clary sage takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average 12 days | Min 5 days | Max 106 days (9)
Average 42 days | Min 42 days | Max 42 days (1)
Average 730 days | Min days | Max days (0)
Our when to plant Clary sage estimates are relative to your last frost date.
The seeds were used medicinally to make an eye wash and that gave it it’s name of “clary” meaning “clear eye.”
Native to Europe. It is associated with the moon. Applying some of the essential oil before bed can aid in lucid dreaming.
Europe sage, muscatel sage
Salvia sclarea L.
Misspellings: Salvia clarea
fn1: wikipedia.org