Pineapple Sage is Salvia elegans, native to Mexico. Hardy to zone 9, MAYBE
8b... but all is not lost......

Like many of the square-stemmed tender perennials, it strikes pretty handily
from cuttings either in water or loose moist potting mix, you can take
cuttings now and overwinter the resulting plants.

I'd be safe and try cuttings from various stages of growth.

How glorious would it be to have blooming plants of Pineapple Sage ready to
set out when the hummers return???

http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week207.shtml



Breeze ( Sue Burnham)


"dstvns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:56:37 -0600, Mark Anderson
wrote:

After perusing the web about Pineapple Sage, many said it usually doesn't
bloom in Zone 5 due to its late blooming date. Well, here in Chicago
we've been having an extended Indian summer (it was 70F yesterday). A
couple of days ago my Pineapple sage started to bloom and here's proof.

It's very beautiful. I get one every year and every year it booms. I
just wish it bloomed in time for the hummers. It always waits until
October or November to bloom around here, and by then it's too late
for hummers and too big to bring indoors for over-wintering (mine is
currently 5 feet tall).

Is there any way I can cut it down a few feet and re-pot indoors?

Thanks,
Dan
nw NJ