Salvia officinalis L.,Salvia seeds,Medicinal Herb,organic seeds, 0,6 g, ##63

Salvia officinalis is a perennial shrub up to 70 cm high, usually with blue-violet, less often white or pinkish flowers.
Salvia officinalis blooms in June - July (35-45 days). Good honey plant. In addition to the sweet, fragrant nectar, it secretes a sticky substance that bees collect to make propolis. The honey collected by bees on sage plantations has pronounced healing properties. The honey is dark golden in color, with a pleasant smell and taste. In warm weather, bees visit flowers all day. The nectar produced by one flower per day contains 0.9-1.1 mg of sugar. Honey productivity is 150-200 kg per hectare.
Salvia officinalis is best planted in places protected from the wind, in nests of 2-3 plants with a distance of 20 cm between the nests. It is undemanding to soils, can grow on poor, stony, does not like excess moisture. It grows in one place for 6-8 years.
It is best to sow germinated seeds in early spring to a depth of 3-4 cm with row spacing of 46-60 cm, seeding rate 6-8 kg / ha.