Pineapple sage - eat the leaves and flowers too

Welcome to Morag Gamble's (moraggamble.com and permacultureeducationinstitut...) permaculture garden. In this Live at 5 session she is sharing about Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) which makes fabulous drinks, hot and cold, and can be added to salads too. It makes a great calming tea and the nectar in the flowers is delicious.
Kids love it - always a great one to add into a school garden.
It's habitat too - a favourite for bees, butterflies and birds, even a top choice for hummingbirds (although not here in my Australian garden!)
Pineapple sage is culinary, medicinal, ecological and ornamental. It is a beautiful, hardy perennial plant that adds great colour and structure to your edible landscape. It grows as a perennial in temperate and subtropics, but an annual in cooler climates.
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[@julieknudsen6297]

I combine Pineapple sage with lemon verbena for a delicious and very healthy tea. They’re both known for their digestive qualities.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

That sounds delicious

[@coconutgirl816]

Mine started blooming a couple of weeks ago which I thought odd since it's starting to get cold, so I dug her up and brought her inside and she's shooting out blooms all over, I love it!

[@joyfullittlethings9448]

I got one last spring. I though it was pineapple mint. I really love this plant. The flower, the smell, what a package!

[@ivkopejovic4875]

You are very pleasant, healthy and your presentation is very educational. Thank you very much.

[@marionstolk9357]

I thought you might like to know that my Pineapple Sage has behaved as a perennial for the past 10 years or so, in a cool mountain zone. It sits near my pantry window (floor to ceiling window) and I get to watch the tiny honeyeaters hang upside down, feasting on the nectar. Love it!!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Thank you for sharing

[@silverravensblackgarden]

I've been making tinctures from her for 2 years now and I am much happier ☺

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

That's wonderful.

[@alexandra.mirka.]

How do you make a tincture with?

[@silverravensblackgarden]

@alexandra.mirka. I used 100 proof vodka. But you can use apple cider vinegar, and vegetable glycerin also if you don't want alcohol in your life 😁🥰🖤💜

[@alexandra.mirka.]

@@silverravensblackgarden can I ask so does 80 proof 40 percent not work? I bought that for a tincture with Myrhh.. I don’t know what I’m doing and little dumb with instruction I guess. Also what ratio is it grams of leaves per grams of vodka or something different.

[@ladyvirgo9514]

Thank You so much! I just was intuitively drawn to purchase this plant today & I had never heard of it. I deal with Anxiety so I'm thankful to try this🌺💜 Thanks Again

[@zlatamontgomery1593]

Good. Full video. Thank you. 🙏 Zlata. Russia

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Welcome 👍

[@Mary.inthegarden]

I’m in zone 6 in November and it’s still going strong!❤️

[@persephoneblue4276]

Always been one of my favourite herbs ☺️

[@TIERRAYLOMBRICES]

I love that plant feeds lots of animals and smells amazing.

[@cindydryersweeley4969]

Growing this for the first time this year and I can't wait until it flowers! Thanks for the information. :)

[@meggyloves024]

I can’t wait for mine to flower 🥰♥️

[@anthonyburdine1061]

Thank you !😊

[@karenfourie2449]

Thank you. 🌸

[@desireer6915]

This video is awesome! Thank you!

[@kanamichelle7404]

Excellent information! I just bought one and needed to learn all about it. Thank you!

[@tere11]

The flowers may be a nice replacement for my sugar cravings. Thank you Morag!

[@medacredland3461]

Very helpful. Have always had a plant and only used in salads. Love the idea of drying flowers for tea.

[@chelinfusco6403]

Oh wow, I never knew that! I've heard about this plant but only about it's flavor. It is a must have in my herb garden. Thanks!

[@chomama1628]

Excellent tutorial! Never knew it is a perennial. I always discarded mine after frost.

[@adnatura1]

Since Brasil. Thank you...

[@steveharris2589]

Good video !!!!!!!))) Don’t eat to many you go to sleep setting right there!!!!!))) Looks like a lot of Sunshine there have a Great day!!!)))😊😊😊

[@juliasoulliven2958]

It is lovely chopped into a fresh fruit salad...flowers and leaves. I grow it in North Canterbury in New Zealand.

[@moretriflenowplz1837]

Been using to make my hands smell nice, will have to try the tea now :)

[@brittanyp5478]

I am SO happy I just found this video and you! I love how much u know an teach us and am just so happy!!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

You are SO welcome! Stay tuned for more!

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

Thank you ❤

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

You're welcome 😊

[@kimmyseegmiller985]

So beautiful. I love this plant!!! Stunning flowers. Quite nice tea!!!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Yes. And just smeeling the leaves and tasting the flowers in the garden is so nice.

[@fynnmagzwiebeln8934]

I just bougt one today and after i smelled it i was stuned It smells and tastes soo much like pineapple

[@janisfreitas1297]

Thank you Morag! I've learned a few things about one of my favorites from your pleasantly informative video. I've planted one in every house I've lived in. That way I know the humming birds will have plenty to enjoy. They love it. It blooms here in Northern CA in the spring, but just explodes in Sept and Oct when everything else is dried up and done. Love the idea of adding the flowers and leaves to salads.I will be drying some leaves for teas and love it over ice with Holy Basil Leaves. You've inspired me to dry tea leaves and grow some plants as gifts to share the wonders of this beautiful plant! A great zero waste gift during a pandemic that will help calm nerves and enhance our connection to nature:)

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Beautiful 🌿

[@susanboddie1120]

I just bought this plant. ❤

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Hope you like it!

[@jasmineuerata9501]

I'm in NZ, Taranaki exactly and have got some cuttings from my neighbour and now have 3 plants for my garden 😊 such a sweet smelling plant.

[@bermudezeg]

How did you do it?

[@trishadavidow6963]

My brother in law gifted me one today !!!! I am super excited to try it

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@JOHNBIZA1]

Thanks so much! I needed that. I have pineapple sage but i thought like garden sage, it was for savory dishes. Now i will propagate n put it on all sides of my house

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

You are so welcome!

[@brendamanning5235]

Thank you,i just bought a plant at our Lowe's store in the Herb section and i am not familiar with this sage,seems like my money was well spent.i use sage in a variety of dishes. your information has helped a lot.Wasn't sure it was edible.

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[@didarling9347]

I am loving these daily videos. i have spread the pineapple sage by same method as you where I've planted new tree guilds. So pretty and yes lots of bees. Thanks Morag from mid nth coast NSW

[@ILuvCaroline]

It tastes sooo good! Growing from seed this year. Wish me luck lol 😂

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

It's super hardy. I wish you well

[@sherryledbetter1856]

Thank you! I just 'stole' some cuttings from my Mom's pineapple sage!! 😊 Hopefully they will root!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Hooray - they should - they are super hardy!

[@karenfourie2449]

❤

[@carolwong9279]

I love using the pineapple sage leaves in my smoothie but I read one should not use it every day. Is there any risk of toxicity if I use it every day?

[@TheSunRiseKid]

I just found your videos today and I am truly enjoying them so I subscribed! I have pineapple sage growing in my garden in Wisconsin USA. It smells so good! I would like to try to see if I could keep one of my cuttings that I started inside through the winter! Do you think that could work?

[@Elizabeth-ld2kj]

It's spring now! Did you try it? Did it work?

[@imeekamland660]

🤗🤗🤗💕💕💕

[@tracycrider7778]

Just remember if you live in the southern states it gets really huge if you fertilize after June, all growth but i fear no flowers this year 😢

[@superblackbootable]

How do you take care of it? How do you get it to grow?

[@OnaAnonimowa92]

Imagine... I dryed the top of pineapple 4 months ago, spreyed it with gold paint to use as a decoration for photos of my jewellery. It was staying in shadow, on stoned plate (even not in pot) and it didn't get water from 4 months. And from 2 weeks, new ones ( very beauty and healthy green one ) are growing from among the dried golden leaves....there are already 13 of them. Can something like this happen? Or is it a miracle?

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

That is entirely possible. Put the base in a glass of water and watch the roots grow

[@sylviaflores7941]

Hello. How do i get my sage and Delias to grow blooms? 🥰

[@anamorphicalan]

Hello I fast for 24 hours. Dose eating the flowers or using them with tea break my fasting? Do the flowers contain sucrose?

[@laninaru]

How Will it Do in Arizona?

[@marietteeden6348]

It would be great to have a source that gives some indication of how much of each herb would be a daily recommended dosage.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

For that I thing you could look to naturopathy writings or films. As a gardener/designer/educator it’s not a good idea for me to be sharing that kind of specific medical advice.

[@serdrox8843]

Is it smokeable?

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

QUESTION: Hello I bought Pineapple Sage plant in the spring and potted it on my deck. It did very well. I didn't know it was a perennial then or I would of put it in the ground. I want to save it and put it into the ground next season. I'm zone 5 Chicago and this is a zone 8 plant I just determined. Should I just prune it down and move close the the house? Heated Garage? Bring indoors? Thank You.

[@tracycrider7778]

Prune and bring indoors for sure❤

[@Kayla.V]

I got two of these plants from my local nursery one of them is so dramatic it will wilt then I water it and when I wake up. It wilts again like ma’am calm it down she acts like I don’t water her 😅

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Haha! Is it in a pot? I wonder if you have a place to pop it into the ground and mulch around it well. It may have less dramatic responses that way.

[@Kayla.V]

@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife lol I got her a bigger pot that has better soil drainage and she hasn’t wilted once since

[@poodlepup1]

hi i have this plant but its very woody and leggy.. only top growth... when would you cut it back and can you do this its 1 year old... about 2mts high northern nsw

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

You can trim it back quite far and then keep the growing tips and make new plants

[@jenniferallen5806]

Quick question...just planted these and it’s quite small but the leaves are being eaten by a bug

[@jenniferallen5806]

How do I help it along...I don’t mind the bugs but I would like for the plant to get bigger before all the leaves are eaten 😁

[@talonjuel4021]

Neem oil

[@amandadupreez6105]

Baking soda sprinkled in the soil around the plant also deters bugs. As well as 3% hydrogen peroxide diluted in water; sprayed underneath and on top of the leaves

[@dtgirl5320]

My Pineapple sage is not blooming this year. Is there a reason. Thank you ❤

[@keairamcdowell6001]

It blooms very late! :)

[@tracycrider7778]

Might have fertilized too late?

[@poodlepup1]

i can not get to the flowers.. the black ants cover the branches/ flowers.... not sure why

[@patricias5122]

hummingbirds go crazy for pineapple sage,I don't eat the flowers and I don't encourage people to .... let the pollinators have them.humans have many other options, where I live, they bloom in October, when many other pollinating plants have died out, so that's another bonus!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Oh wow - hummingbirds - well yes indeed. Leave them for them. In my area I plant so many local native species for the local native wildlife, and share what's in the herb and food garden area

[@Mediamarked]

I just love the herbal garden, with the powerfull scents. The pineapple sage is really sweet, but not my kind of "edible". Treating depression with it, is great if it cures the source as well. Otherwise it could be just as well be bull plopping tea for those suffering from it. If you add medical benefits, don't oversell please.