The Ecological Benefits of Sage

Hey dear community, I hope you are all well and you had a day full of interesting experiences! In this post, I would like to talk a little about nature and hope you can learn new things.

Here you can see some pictures of sage, which is also known under the scientific name Salvia and has been highly appreciated since ancient times for its diverse effects and originally comes from the Mediterranean region. In ancient times it was considered an important medicinal plant which was already mentioned by the Roman scholar Pliny the elder or the doctor Dioscorides and during this time it was more and more cultivated and cultivated on a large scale and so it was also already cultivated by the ruler Charlemagne and it was much appreciated because of the diverse effects and it was also considered an important commercial object. The plant is rich in essential oils, which has the advantage that it is rarely infected by harmful insects and for useful insects such as bees, butterflies or bumblebees, it offers an important source of food due to the high content of nectar. The flowers have the advantage that they even attract some species of wild bees, which are unfortunately becoming increasingly rare and in some places are even threatened with extinction. According to estimates, every tenth wild bee is in danger and in addition, the plant also offers a place for other insects and so beetles or caterpillars can also find their shelter here. Sage can be classified as extremely robust and is considered relatively easy to care for and can be easily propagated over cuttings and before cutting cuttings, you should remove the flowers beforehand and alternatively it can also be propagated via seeds, however, this takes much more time. There are some varieties that can be classified as hardy and beforehand you should always inform yourself in this regard and some species have to be indoors during the cooler days and sage can be recommended for anyone looking for an old plant which is also valuable from an ecological point of view.

Thanks for the visit and I hope you could learn something new about nature! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens.