finding white sage

[ailura]

where does one go (online I imagine) to find seeds for growing? I particularly want white sage... I don't know if this will grow in my apt, but I am more than willing to plant as much as I can in and around my home city which is surrounded by a good amount of public park.

The kind of white sage I am talking about is like the wild kind that is used for smudging.

)0( Ailura

[Kaylara]

You can find the seeds at a home improvement store, Walmart, K-mart, or in seed catalogs. If you want to order the seeds, you can go to http://www.burpee.com and they might have it. I personally use purple sage that I grow myself to smudge, with just as good results.

Hope this helps!

Blessed Be!
Kaylara

[Summer Solstice]

It matters if you are in the USA , any state where there are Native American POW WOWS (preferably in the midwest) they always have a good table/stand where you may purchase bundles of white sage or braided sweetgrass. If no luck that way,I will try to find you a website that is reliable.
Summer Solstice

[Summer Solstice]

Nichols Garden Nursery
1190 Old Salem Road NE
Albany, Oregon 97321-4580
Toll Free Orders: 1 (866) 408-4851
1 (800) 422-3985
Fax: 1 (800) 231-5306

I hope i may post this (if not I apologize) good place to buy from.Good selection of sage ,lavender,and also rosemary.

Summer Solstice :)

[eaglewolf]

As long as it will help somebody, post away... do they have a website?

~ew

[Mairwen]

Look up Cherokee NC online and look for the local shops there. :D

[Armitage]

Would sage grow in colder climes, like the NE states? Pennsylvania to be exact..

[eaglewolf]

Does best in dry climates, but in dry climates does better when shaded... It will do well in normal garden soil which for the most part is moist, so I think the best thing you can do is try some... see what happens.

If your summers are hot, you can do well, but starting from scratch is probably out of the question. I doubt it would survive the winter, so harvest as much as possible before the years end.

~ew

[Summer Solstice]

http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/

here is the web address for the nursery. It isn't that bad.
Try to grow everything indoors ,some of these herbs are very tempermental .Do not move them much,let the plant get used to one spot. I have noticed when I have moved them they have died quite fast .(my peppermint within a week , dead ). My rosemary on the other hand is engulfing my windows in the kitchen .
good luck to all planters & green thumbs out there
Summer Solstice

[Lynnaea]

I took a look at a few sites offering "white sage", as with using common names, all the sites do not mean the same plant. If you are a purest you will want to know the differences between the plants called "white sage".

Artemisia ludoviciana - from the same family as mugwort and wormwood, one of the "sage brushes"
One of the most common prairie plants in North Dakota, it is also sometimes called "pasture
sage" or "western mugwort." The plant is widely distributed in several varieties from southern Ontario and
New England to British Columbia southward to Arkansas, California, and northern Mexico .

Salvia leucantha - a true sage, related to the sage you cook with, member of the mint family called White Sage, it is also called Mexican Sage, or Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia apiana - another true sage of the mint family called "white sage", it is also called "California white sage" because it is native to Southern California, it has white flowers.

Evidently both the Artemisia and the Salvia sages have been used for ceremonial purposes by Native Americans, but you might want to know which you are using, or you may not care. Both species have a nice smell.

[eaglewolf]

What a wonderful cornucopia of information you always provide... thank you!

My toes are starting to hurt from you keeping me on them all day ;).

~ew