Sage - Salvia officinalis

Culinary use:

Not only is sage a key ingredient in chicken or turkey stuffing, it's a good, useful herb in wintery stews and casseroles and is also good with a lot of pork dishes and pasta.

Cultivars and varieties:

Salvia 'Dyson's Joy' [AGM] - Two coloured flowers, pale pink petals with darker, purple sepals (calyces).

Salvia 'Joy' [AGM] - Two coloured flowers, pale pink petals with darker, purple sepals (calyces).

Salvia greggii 'Joy' [AGM] - Two coloured flowers, pale pink petals with darker, purple sepals (calyces).

Salvia jamensis 'Hot Lips' [AGM] - An evergreen shrub, growing to a metre tall and a metre wide. Small scented leaves. The first flush of flowers are fully white or fully red, subsequent, later flowers are white and bright red. It will continue to flower until the first frosts.

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' - The flowers are red early in the season, but appear white with red tips from early summer.