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Summer Sun Have Me Some Fun!

December 30, 2015 By SandRa Timmins 1 Comment

Evening Sun Sunflower

Evening Sun Sunflower

Hope you had a good Christmas as we had~ the sun has brought out the party hey!

If you have white sage (Salvia apiana) in the garden don’t water it.

If you have stevia in the garden, water and mulch!

I read somewhere recently- can’t remember where- that sunflowers were/are grown in South America in boggy areas to dry them out.  Which will be why white sage grows so well near sunflowers (in non-boggy situations)

White sage growing with sunflowers

White sage loves dry conditions and sunflowers will ensure that their white sage companions will have those dry conditions by sucking up any water that comes their way.  Beautiful!

And happy happy new year!  I have plans of expansion for 2016, I’ll keep you posted!  What’s your plans?

 

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Filed Under: Care and Maintenance, Gardening Styles, Pretty Pictures, White sage Tagged With: companion planting, growing stevia, growing white sage, nz, sunflowers

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  1. Yossarian Fay says

    December 30, 2015 at 6:55 am

    Thanks…. wondered what kind of sage we had after someone said it looked nothing like theirs 🙂 Merry New Year!!

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