Russian sage

Yeah.

This is a companion plant to Russian sage, some of your salvies, like you mentioned.

It doesn't get as tall, and it's not as weedy.

It's far easier to care for, to maintain.

The reason it's not so weedy, it doesn't send off stuff.

seed everywhere, which means it blooms better and it keeps its space.

It doesn't tend to want to run across the yard and lift up your rock and do issues like Russian sage does.

It's a messy plant.

Good full sun.

A companion plant to that frequently, and I use them often in the same garden, is Russian sage.

You'll see a real tall, blue, spiky, kind of hip-high, blue, spiky plant.

Those two are companion plants to each other.

So your autumn sage and Russian sage.

Anytime you hear the word sage, you know you got a good plant because it has this sagey herbal smell to it, which means two things.

Probably the pollinators are going to love it.

Good full sun.

A companion plant to that frequently, and I use them often in the same gardens, is Russian sage.

You'll see a real tall, blue, spiky, kind of hip-high, blue, spiky plant.

Those two are companion plants to each other.

So your autumn sage and Russian sage.

Anytime you hear the word sage, you know you got a good plant because it has this sagey herbal smell to it, which means two things.

Probably the pollinators are going to love it.

So you put that out there.

Russian sage is probably the number one sold perennial.

They're not going to eat those either because it's got that sagey kind of herbal scent to it.

So you want to be real strategic.

So we have one last one here.

Kaiser writes, can I divide or split a Russian sage before winter? How do I just cut it in half? And I thought this was a good question for our seize the day fall task show.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Exactly.

Yeah.

So I would say, you know, the thing about Russian sage, yes, it is semi woody like a lavender or a butterfly bush, and that can make it hard to divide.

But Russian sage also gets very, very large and it's a very durable plant.