Pineapple sage 'Golden delicious'

Salvia elegans

How to grow Pineapple sage 'Golden delicious'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Great for containers and it likes to be root bound.3

Plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Golden delicious is generally regarded as a hardy plant, so it can be safe to leave outdoors for the majority of winter (although if in doubt, using a row cover is often a good idea). Golden delicious needs a loamy and sandy soil with a ph of 6.1 to 7.8 (weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil).

Growing Golden delicious from seed

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Golden delicious about 84 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Golden delicious

Golden delicious is hardy, so ensure you wait until all danger of frost has passed in your area before considering planting outside.

Harvesting Golden delicious

Other Names for Pineapple sage 'Golden delicious'

Golden pineapple sage

Footnotes

1 Missouri Botanical Garden

2 sequimrareplants.com/Salvia elegans ‘Golden Delicious’.html

3 utgardens.tennessee.edu/pom/pineapple_sage.htm