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Growing => Herbs => Topic started by: tattycat on January 16, 2014, 07:28:03 pm

Title: blackcurrent sage
Post by: tattycat on January 16, 2014, 07:28:03 pm

Hiya folks. Anyone got any blackcurrent sage? Im in ireland.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bert on January 17, 2014, 09:02:08 pm

I've never heard of blackcurrent sage. But now I have I want some  ;D .
Sorry I can't help.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bert on January 17, 2014, 09:12:44 pm

I've found it here


http://www.buyherbs.co.uk/page4.html (http://www.buyherbs.co.uk/page4.html)


If that's any help.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Padge on January 18, 2014, 04:29:39 pm

I've not heard of it either   tho do have some tangerine sage in the herb garden....same deep green foliage but deep orange flowers....and a lovely tangerine scent   :sunshine:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on January 18, 2014, 06:10:04 pm

Lovely plant - if you like the smell of blackcurrant foliage ;D .  I'll take some cuttings, and if they root, will send you some :thumbsup:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: tattycat on January 18, 2014, 08:52:44 pm

Wow bramblecot. That would be teriffic!! How do we do it. Sounds like its not just me after some now!! Love the sound of the tangerine sage too.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on January 18, 2014, 09:24:54 pm

I'm not going out to my green house in this  :raining: :raining: :roflanim: .  But I think I may have some out there.  I'll let you know what I can find tomorrow (it is not the tidiest of places :innocent: . :thumbsup:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: tattycat on January 19, 2014, 06:41:49 pm

Can't thank you enough, (even if you haven't any spare) for looking. I've been after some for years! Take your time looking there's no rush, nd weathers awful.  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on January 21, 2014, 05:55:40 pm

Guess what I found? ;D ;D .
Tattycat and Bert, if you pm me your address, I will send you a wee plant each.  They are only rooted cuttings from last autumn so don't expect a garden centre beauty.  The mother plant is ok so I can take more cuttings in the summer. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bert on January 21, 2014, 09:27:08 pm

Bramblecot I have Sent you a PM.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on January 22, 2014, 10:55:32 am

Diddy plant in the post :thumbsup:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bert on January 23, 2014, 04:48:15 pm

The little chap arrived today :thumbsup:  He is now potted up and sat in my  polytunnel  recovering from his travels. Which won't take him long at all, he traveled very well.
 Thank you 

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on January 24, 2014, 12:40:51 pm

You are very welcome, Bert.  He should take off like a rocket in Spring :fc: ;D .

Tattycat, I still don't have an address for you.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: tattycat on January 25, 2014, 08:19:03 pm

Soz not been on for a while....had not much signal for the phone never mind the internet!!
Nd Ahhhh, can't work out how to pm you..........sorry so thick....... ???

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on January 26, 2014, 01:00:19 pm

 :wave: tattycat.  Click on the icon directly below the 'm' in Bramblecot :idea: to the left of the message.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: tattycat on January 26, 2014, 09:00:46 pm

YAY!! I've done it!! Thanx for thinking of sending a cutting, nd thanx for your patience.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on January 29, 2014, 05:51:10 pm

 :wave: tattycat.  Little plant on way to Eire! :fc: :thumbsup:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: tattycat on February 03, 2014, 08:55:44 pm

Bramblecot, it arrived just when we are moving to new house (nd more land!), so I'm doubly delighted!  :excited:
Thank you so much. Is there anything you're looking for that I might be able to help with? Have flowers, herbs, medicinal herbs....

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on February 05, 2014, 09:00:31 pm

 :wave: Glad the little plant arrived ok.  Please send me some very good Irish luck as I need that more than anything else ;) - my little herb garden is almost under water.  All the best with your house move :thumbsup:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: tattycat on February 07, 2014, 09:42:47 pm

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that! Hopefully it's not terminal for them or you! We've been ankle deep in mud for months, but thankfully not under water. Surely it can't go on forever, hope you dry out soon. :fc:

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: madchickenlady on February 18, 2014, 04:54:16 pm

Hi Bert,
great herb website  :excited: Just starting a herb garden, amazed at how many different varieties of sage, mint, thyme etc. there are. Have (mentally) just spent a fortune, will be saving up for plants, have an idea to plant up some soil pipes of various sizes.

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Offgridgreg on February 20, 2014, 08:43:32 pm

Wow blackcurrant sage sounds delightful, may have to make a purchase, if not for the flowers and scent alone. In terms of it's herb status, what would / could this be used for in a culinary sense, I'm intrigued?

Title: Re: blackcurrent sage
Post by: Bramblecot on February 21, 2014, 09:40:32 am

It is a very pretty flower in a striking pink colour and the foliage smells very strongly like blackcurrant leaves (ok if you like the smell!).  It is not very hardy but survives outdoors here on the South coast against a south wall.  It gets quite straggly and is not very long-lived in my experience - but it gets no TLC from me ::) .
I would not want to use the leaves raw in salad and I can't think of any way I would use it in cooking.  Maybe dried in pot-pourri?  Really it is just a pretty plant and maybe a good companion plant for keeping bugs away :thinking: ??.  There are a lot of ornamental salvias and I don't know why this one is classed as a herb rather than ornamental.  Any botanists out there?