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broom sage for the potager

Posted by mrtoad 7b NC (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 24, 10 at 18:04

when i was a small boy we would get the garden ready for spring planting and that included burning off the left over plants and grasses - one grass was "broom sage" - - believe me when i say i do not know what this is - still see it growing wild - could this in a controlled environment (terra-cotta pot)be a possibility for the potager

thanks - mr toad


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RE: broom sage for the potager

  • Posted by donn_ 7b, GSB, LI, NY (My Page) on
    Sun, Jul 25, 10 at 5:50

I hate common names for plants. They do nothing but lead to confusion.

Broom Sage is a good example.

Is it really Sage, as in Salvia?

Or is it Broomsedge, which isn't a sedge, but an Andropogon.

Can you grow it in your kitchen garden? Probably, if you can decide which of the hundreds of plants it could be, is really Broom Sage.

But why? Terra Cotta pots won't restrain it, because it self-propagates by prolific seed production and has a high germination rate. If you dead-head it before the seeds ripen, you lose the ornamental quality.

Buy a broom at Wally World and grow good stuff in your garden.


 
 

 

 


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