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Salvia elegans is also know as pineapple sage. The challenge with this plant is that it often blooms in October after all of the hummingbirds have departed. A hummingbird gardening friend in Milwaukee brought us this beautiful plant in a pot that he forced to bloom. He pinched back the plant several times and then in August, he placed the plant in the dark between 5 pm and 7 am. This forced the plant to think that it was autumn, and it started to bloom profusely.
Salvia elegans is also know as pineapple sage. The challenge with this plant is that it often blooms in October after all of the hummingbirds have departed. A hummingbird gardening friend in Milwaukee brought us this beautiful plant in a pot that he forced to bloom. He pinched back the plant several times and then in August, he placed the plant in the dark between 5 pm and 7 am. This forced the plant to think that it was autumn, and it started to bloom profusely.
The picture below is from 2005. At that time, we were not aware of providing darkness to the plant for trick it into blooming. This is a photo of Salvia elegans in the early fall when it naturally started blooming due to decreasing length of amout of sunlight:
The picture below is from 2005. At that time, we were not aware of providing darkness to the plant for trick it into blooming. This is a photo of Salvia elegans in the early fall when it naturally started blooming due to decreasing length of amout of sunlight:
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