can any one tell me how hardy a pineapple sage is as i had one given to me
and told its a half hardy perrenial it realy took off when planted outdoors
in the flower bed and grew from 6 inches to nearly 4 feet high and bushed
out nicely in the last month it has been covered in red flowers and added
nice winter colour to the garden but the last frosts has seemed to killed
it.
will it come back next year when the warmth returns and how hard should i
prune it back.
thanks

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can any one tell me how hardy a pineapple sage is as i had one given to me
and told its a half hardy perrenial it realy took off when planted outdoors
in the flower bed and grew from 6 inches to nearly 4 feet high and bushed
out nicely in the last month it has been covered in red flowers and added
nice winter colour to the garden but the last frosts has seemed to killed
it.
will it come back next year when the warmth returns and how hard should i
prune it back.
thanks


I have been surprised that mine has survived the last three or four
winters outdoors in a fairly exposed condition in South Lincs. I only
left it out because I had another one in the greenhouse and was most
surprised when it returned in spring.

It flowers so late that it would hardly be worth bothering with if it
didn't turn out to be reasonably hardy.
Whether it survives this winter remains to be seen.

janet G

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can any one tell me how hardy a pineapple sage is as i had one given to
me
and told its a half hardy perrenial it realy took off when planted
outdoors
in the flower bed and grew from 6 inches to nearly 4 feet high and
bushed
out nicely in the last month it has been covered in red flowers and
added
nice winter colour to the garden but the last frosts has seemed to
killed
it.
will it come back next year when the warmth returns

Probably not. It's not very hardy, and you wouldn't expect it to survive
a winter outside.

and how hard should i
prune it back.

--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

thanks all but i think its too late its brown all over and too late for
cuttings

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thanks all but i think its too late its brown all over and too late for
cuttings

Could easily just be the leaves: the stems are a lot harder to kill. It
must be worth a try.

--
Rusty
Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
(Alice Thomas Ellis)

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thanks all but i think its too late its brown all over and too late for
cuttings

Could easily just be the leaves: the stems are a lot harder to kill. It
must be worth a try.

And could still come back next year. It always dies right down in winter.

Janet G

thanks all but i think its too late its brown all over and too late for
cuttings

Could easily just be the leaves: the stems are a lot harder to kill. It
must be worth a try.

And could still come back next year. It always dies right down in winter.

Janet G

I would think it will come back next year, I have pineapple and
blackcurrant sage and they are always fine thro the winter

kate